As the video call connects, the first thing that I notice about Mellissa is her vibrant hair and infectious smile. The sun streams through the window behind her and she tells me that it’s 10 AM in Canada. She has travelled home for her sister’s wedding and has, very kindly, taken time out of her busy schedule to talk to us.
Her Canadian accent is still thick despite living in the UK for most of her adult life. I ask her if she was a born vegan: “Absolutely not,” she laughs, “I guess it was probably around age eleven or twelve when it really all started to make sense to me, where animals came from.”