Simona Vallone is smiling broadly and looking to the camera while holding a red hued cocktail. She has her dark curly hair down and is wearing a black collared shirt with white graphic pattern. She is sitting at a counter in a restaurant.

SIMONA VALLONE

was born and raised a few miles from Mount Vesuvius in Southern Italy. She moved to California in 2010 and lives in Redwood City with her husband Nathan. Vallone enjoys playing with doughs to make pizza, bread, and pasta from scratch. Her love for nature and concern for social justice inspired her to become vegetarian twenty years ago and an advocate for sustainable agricultural practices.

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