Health & Wellness

Sydney Karmes-Wainer: College student with an eating disorder to health influencer

Watch Sydney’s journey to food freedom

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Sydney making her matcha hazelnut butter stuffed dates. Photo by Skye Lee.

By Skye Lee

Serendipitous timing may have played a role in the success of the Sydney Karmes-Wainer’s French Squirrel snack business. But it was also her experience and insatiable desire to improve the health and wellness industry for herself, and others, that ultimately resulted in her achievements. Follow along this journey of how Sydney Karmes-Wainer rose from being a college student with an eating disorder to a health influencer and business entrepreneur.