After battling tumors by turning to a plant-based diet, Mika Altidor opened Victor and Mika’s the only Black-owned vegan bakery in Central Florida.
The next time your sugar cravings hit, support a Black-owned vegan business and visit one of these 16 Black-owned vegan bakeries for cookies, doughnuts, and more!
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For many, the vegan lifestyle is a choice. For Mika Altidor, it was a necessity that saved her life. Years ago, Altidor prescribed to a very different lifestyle. She was successful in her career as a professional stylist, but her Standard American Diet of animal-based comfort and convenience foods wasn’t doing her any favors. After experiencing severe abdominal pains, she was diagnosed with several large fibroid tumors and faced with one option: surgery. Altidor decided to choose her own path to avoid undergoing the knife. Her intuition not only healed her, but sparked a vegan entrepreneurial spirit. Along with her partner, Victor Munoz, she launched Polk County, Florida’s first and only vegan establishment Victor and Mika’s Bakery.