Gloria Lucas (she/her) is the founder and CEO of Nalgona Positivity Pride and her work has focused on the intersections of size diversity, eating disorders and historical trauma, and indigenous matriarchal epistemologies for eating disorder healing. Her work has been featured in NPR, Teen Vogue, MTV, PBS, Los Angeles Times, and Bitch Magazine.
Gloria was first introduced to harm reduction by the local DIY punx community in her hometown, Riverside. She recognized the value in accessible eating disorder literacy and strategies to minimize harm. After multiple negative experiences with eating disorder treatment that left her feeling voiceless, Gloria has been dedicated to the development of harm reduction in community and in eating disorder healthcare. Over the years, she has collected eating disorder harm reduction strategies from research and her own personal experience. Currently struggling with bulimia, Gloria shares the practices that have provided aid for her with the goal of helping others create a life worth living.
Gloria resides in Orange County and loves chonky cat videos, collecting 1960's psychedelic vinyl, and appreciates a crispy hand pie.