Stephen L. Gorad

Stephen Gorad was headed for traditional success. He was educated at the prestigious Bronx H.S. of Science and M.I.T. He then earned a Ph.D. from Boston University, and began a career as a clinical psychologist. Dissatisfied with conventional life, he turned his back on fame and fortune, and became a full-time spiritual seeker. That journey led him to discover quinoa while traveling in the South American Andes. He fell in love with quinoa, felt he had to do something about getting it known, and has now spent over four decades in service to it. Some say that he is like the “Johnny Apple Seed” of quinoa. He says he is just a happy meditator, smiling at all that life has to offer.