Rainbow Lopez was born and raised on the Tohono O’odham Nation (Desert People) reservation in the Sonoran desert of SW Arizona. She grew up immersed in several different cultures due to her bi-racial background. She spent summers with her Native American grandparents, who taught her the old traditional ways of living off the land. Rainbow graduated with a bachelor’s degree in political science and French from the University of Arizona. She later received her master’s degree in American Indian Studies for Law and Policy (AIS) from the same school, and planned to go to law school to become a policy maker for her Nation. Her father’s cancer diagnosis became a turning point for her, and in November 2016 she received her certification as a nutritional therapist practitioner (NTP). She recently created a private practice called Rainbows Wellness, LLC, where she aspires to continue to educate Indigenous people and those of all walks of life, on the importance of healthy delicious foods and lifestyles.