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Alessandra Franco discovered her love for building relationships and partnerships after leaving the entertainment industry to produce events in the nonprofit sector, which saw her manage large productions such as PETA’s35th Anniversary Party. Born and raised in Brazil, Alessandra began her career in marketing, attended film school, and worked in international publicity. Now Green Queen's Global Head of Partnerships, Alessandra is happiest when outdoors and is committed to a vegan lifestyle, sustainability, the environment, animal rights, and social responsibility. She’s also a sci-fi nerd, a foodie, and the proud mama of two Brazilian kitties Bobo and Minnie.

Future Foods

Expo West 2025 Tried & Tasted: Our Favourite Future Food Eats

Alessandra Franco Apr 8, 2025

From animal-free egg salad to a milk alternative made from corn, here are the future food products that stood out most to our expert reviewer at Expo West 2025. It's that time of year again: when Anaheim, California is packed with…
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Climate Change

Hollywood Could Be The World’s Most Powerful Weapon in the Climate Fight

Alessandra Franco Jul 30, 2024

This was my second year attending the Hollywood Climate Summit and for the 2024 edition, the organizers took things to another level. The event was packed with insights, inspiration, and information. Founders Heather Fipps, Allison…
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Alt Protein

Vegan Ready-Meal Review: I Tasted Sunday Supper Every Day For A Week And I’m Sold

Alessandra Franco Jun 21, 2023

Our resident vegan food reviewer tastes frozen vegan ready-meal brand Sunday Supper and shares her honest feedback. I felt I was letting down my Italian heritage when I went from vegetarian to vegan. As a vegetarian, I could still eat…
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Alt Protein

We Tested 9 Vegan Eggs and There Were 2 With Perfect Scores

Alessandra Franco Jun 21, 2023

Which vegan eggs are the best? We put nine leading options to the test. It’s crazy to think that just a decade ago, there were no animal-free alternatives to chicken eggs. If you went vegan, it meant saying goodbye to eating, cooking,…
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Alt Dairy

Tasted & Reviewed: The Best Animal-Free & Plant-Based Cream Cheese Spreads

Alessandra Franco Dec 14, 2022

Not every alt protein cream cheese is made equal and that’s a great thing! If you poll every one of your friends on what their favorite cream cheese is, you will not get anywhere near consensus. There’s an array of choices on the market…
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Vegan

The Vegan Women Summit Brought 800 Women Together for One Day. This Is What It Was Like Being One of Them.

Alessandra Franco Apr 30, 2022

On a sunny and very hot Friday this past April, I attended the Vegan Women Summit (VWS) in downtown Los Angeles. The all-day event took place at the City Market Social House and brought together 800 vegan female powerhouses, from…
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Alt Protein

Expo West 2022 Review: The 10 Best Future Foods We Tasted

Alessandra Franco Mar 24, 2022

Expo West, which is held in March in Los Angeles at the Anaheim Convention Center, boasted over 2,700 exhibitors and 50,000 attendees filling the venue’s 480,000 square feet. It's the largest natural food tradeshow in the U.S., and Green…
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Alt Protein

Plant Based World Expo NYC: The 11 Best Vegan Foods We Tried

Alessandra Franco Dec 19, 2021

What was it like attending the Plant Based World Expo in New York City? Green Queen tried it all and there were so many great vegan foods it was hard to pinpoint the best, but we narrowed it down to these. After spending the few months…
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