Olivia Thomas

Olivia Thomas graduated from Whitman College, where she studied art. Her thesis was painting on glass, and how to change our own perspective in times of turbulence. She also trained in an intense professional kitchen for three years and learned to respect the process of cooking.

Thomas, who has dyslexia and slow processing, also helped to create a charity called The Marin Cake Project, where we worked with a local shelter to make specialty birthday cakes for the children living there — often it was their first cake ever.