Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram

About

Kristina Carrillo-Bucaram (FullyRawKristina) (born 11 March 1987) is an American writer, speaker, and raw vegan activist. She is the founder and creator of FullyRaw, the Rawfully Organic cooperative, FullyRaw Juice, and author of the book The FullyRaw Diet: 21 Days to Better Health. Her YouTube channel, where she discusses a variety of topics but mostly shares her raw vegan recipes, has more than 90 million views. She is based in Hawaii.

Carrillo-Bucaram was raised in a multicultural household with a Lebanese mother and a Lebanese-Ecuadorian father. She says she was raised on traditional food and that has affected her health and later her activism. At the age of 16, she was diagnosed with hyperglycemia, meaning she had a high blood sugar condition, and the early stage of Type 2 diabetes. She claims that her hyperglycemia caused her to become emaciated, weighing in at only 87 pounds (39 kg) while standing 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) tall.
Carrillo-Bucaram did her undergraduate studies at Vanderbilt University and later graduated from Rice University in 2009 with the summa cum laude distinction and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa for completing at least 90 semester hours in courses…