This Woman Launched The First Black-Owned Vegan Bodega In Atlanta

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By Jasmine Browley ·Updated August 31, 2023

Have you ever met someone you thought was an angel on earth? That’s how you’ll feel around LaRayia Gaston. I promise.

On any given day you’ll find her floating around her micro-market, LaRayia’s Bodega—the perfect convergence of spirituality, health, wellness, and Blackness. It’s also the only Afro-Latina owned vegan Bodega in Atlanta, Ga. That’s where I up met with her on a sunny

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