Bio: Bill Muir, RN (AKA SGT Vegan) left a cushy job teaching English in Japan after 9/11 to join the Army. Despite being afraid of heights, he became a paratrooper, and served with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Afghanistan as a Combat Medic. A vegan since 1992, Bill adhered to his PLANT-FUELED diet throughout his rigorous Army training and deployment.

Since being Honorably Discharged from the Armed Services, Bill has earned a Certificate in Vegan Culinary Arts from Atlantic Union College and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from Drexel University, and has authored the books VEGAN STRONG and THE ADVENTURES OF SERGEANT PIGGY.

Bill now resides in Los Angeles, CA, and serves our Nation’s Heroes as a Registered Nurse at the West Los Angeles Medical Center. He has been interviewed on numerous TV shows, and has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered. In non-pandemic times, Bill enjoys working out, traveling the world with The Vegan Road Trip, snowboarding, surfing, practicing his Japanese, and speaking about the advantages of being VEGAN at VegFests and Fit Expos all over America.

SGT VEGAN talks about going vegan as a punk rock kid in the early 1990s, and his unconventional decision to join the military post 9-11 .

Sample Talks: Becoming Vegan Strong; Veganism in Healthcare