Olympia Auset
The issue of food scarcity in Los Angeles is often overlooked, but food activist and SÜPRMARKT founder Olympia Auset wants to change that.
Auset, who is a South Central Los Angeles native and alum of Howard University, launched the pop-up grocery concept SÜPRMARKT
back in 2016. She came up with the idea after growing tired of seeing her loved ones and community members—often Black or people of color—go too soon. And after years of taking multiple busses across the city to buy fresh fruits and vegetables, Auset realized that her community's health was suffering due to a lack of fresh resources, and she needed to do something about it.