Author

Joan Stanek has had an interesting and varied career in several industries, including venture capital, law, real estate development and options trading. In 1998, as a parent of two young athletes, Ms. Stanek became acquainted with—and soon passionate about—nutrition. This lead to becoming an active proponent of juicing and its healing benefits, and sharing her knowledge with family, friends, colleagues… whoever would listen.

Ms. Stanek is now combining her business expertise with her passion. Juicing for Jocks, LLC, is developing health seminars and workshops for elementary and high schools to educate not only the athletes, but also their parents and coaches on the benefits of a juicing lifestyle. Juicing for Jocks! is her first book and is being distributed nationally. The target market for the book is athletic associations and programs within grammar school and high schools throughout the 50 states.

Ms. Stanek, 41, grew up in Chicago and has lived in the Midwest all of her life. Currently, she lives in Chicago with her two children. The whole family enjoys a juicing and raw food diet. She is a member of the Illinois Specialty Growers Association, a group that promotes and develops the Illinois specialty crop industry.