About Quiana Rice
Quiana Rice is the visionary founder of The Eat to Live Foundation, a purpose-driven leader committed to transforming how communities experience food access. Rooted in the belief that everyone deserves nourishment with dignity,
Quiana created the foundation to bridge the gap between access and quality, ensuring that meals are not only available, but thoughtfully prepared, nutritious, and worthy of the people receiving them. Her work is grounded in bringing together culinary excellence, community care, and systems-level thinking to reimagine food as a tool for health, equity, and empowerment.
Through The Eat to Live Foundation, Quiana is building more than a feeding program; she is leading a movement that restores dignity, inspires connection, and creates sustainable pathways to healthier communities.
In parallel, Quiana is the owner of The Kitchen by Cooking with Que, a culinary space in Detroit, MI that serves as both a business and a blueprint for what dignified, high-quality food service can look like at the community level.
This work directly informs and fuels the foundation, allowing her to translate real-world kitchen operations into scalable, community-centered solutions. By bridging her for-profit and nonprofit efforts, Quiana has built an ecosystem that not only feeds people, but redefines how food, dignity, and community intersect..
The Eat to Live Foundation exists to redefine what food access looks and feels like in our communities. We believe that everyone deserves more than a meal. They deserve nourishment that is intentional, high-quality, and delivered with dignity. Too often, food assistance systems provide options that are inconsistent, unhealthy, or stripped of care. We are here to change that.
Our approach goes beyond charity. We design experiences that restore dignity, prioritize health, and create a sense of belonging. Every meal reflects our belief that the standard should not change based on circumstance. The same care, ingredients, and intention should be present every time.
By leveraging the operational foundation of The Kitchen by Cooking with Que and expanding through strategic partnerships, we are building a system that can be replicated in communities across the country.
The Eat to Live Foundation is more than a food program. It is a movement to restore dignity, improve health outcomes, and transform how communities experience care.
