Taylor Johnson-Gordon is a Black womanist, food healer, herbalist, and urban gardener. Her workintersects food sovereignty, healing work as a form of political resistance, and the Black Church. Taylor believes that the body is our first site of resistance and her mission is to help black women and girls heal and build physical resiliency through real, affordable food. Taylor teaches adult nutrition in corner stores, supermarkets, churches, housing complexes, and community centers in North Philadelphia with The Food Trust. Taylor is also an afro-vegan and founder of Sistah of the Yam, a webspace and a series of community programs for Black women and girls that prioritize healing, nutritional wellness, and self-sufficiency through the act of growing food and cooking. She is the co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Network chapter in Philadelphia and participated in the national Black Lives Matter Freedom Ride to Ferguson, MO in 2014.

Taylor studied biology at Point Loma Nazarene University and earned her Master of Arts in Christian Education at Princeton Theological Seminary. She is currently pursuing her Master of Science in Nutrition and Integrative Health, with an concentration in Herbal Medicine, from Maryland University of Integrative Health.Taylor is also a 2015 Soul Fire Farm BLFI (Black Latinx Farmers Immersion) alumna.