Sharon Y. Brown is a Food Revolution Network Certified Plant-Based Coach, Plant Powered Metro NY Organizer and Mentor, PCC Credentialed Life Coach, Owner of Collaborate Change, and Master Energy Medicine Practitioner. Sharon is warm, compassionate, intuitive, and spiritual. She is committed to whole food plant-based nutrition, plants as medicine, indigenous healing and wisdom traditions, health equity, cultural awareness, and social justice. She believes that everyone deserves dignity, respect for their intersectional identities and perspectives, and the ability to live and contribute fully and freely from their authentic gifts in a just, equitable society.

Sharon provides the following services to support people who want to prevent or reverse chronic diseases by incorporating more whole plant foods in their diet: Individual and group coaching support for those interested in transitioning to a plant-based lifestyle; plant-based nutrition and lifestyle information sessions for church groups and nonprofits; referrals to evidence-based, health-supportive materials, resources, and opportunities; encouragement to create delicious, plant-based meals that feature culturally relevant seasonings; practical support for plant-based shopping, meal prep, and dining out; and brainstorming strategies for maintaining a plant-based lifestyle in unsupportive environments.

Collaborate Change incorporates the power of plants, ancestral wisdom, and a social justice lens to support holistic healing of body, mind, soul, and spirit. Collaborate Change operates on the belief that individual health and wellbeing contribute to collective healing, advocacy, co-creation, and social change. As a plant-based health coach and educator, Sharon is especially committed to supporting people who are disproportionately impacted by lifestyle diseases to take their power and health back by incorporating more whole food plant-based, nutrient-dense foods in their diet. Sharon has over 15 years of experience with culturally aware/trauma-responsive life coaching and training, curriculum and workshop design, project and team leadership, community applications of coaching, and prison workshop co-facilitation. She loves reading, growing food in small spaces, writing, and spending time with family and friends. Sharon lives in Essex County, New Jersey where she was born and raised.