Sharon Gnatt Epel
Founder of La Ishá

About the Founder

Sharon Gnatt Epel is passionate about finding ways to help women recognize and achieve their full potential. It is this commitment to sisterhood that inspired her to create La Ishá, a company dedicated to the empowerment, education, well being and independence of women everywhere.

A former concert pianist and graduate of the prestigious Juilliard School, Sharon's graduate studies include programs in aromatic medicine, essential oil therapy, human physiology, exercise science, nutrition, and computer science at various educational institutions including Georgia State University, The American College of Nutrition, and MIT. She has worked for several high-profile American corporations in research, product evaluation, sales, marketing and consumer education, and is a public speaker on the Myth of Cosmetic Safety.

Sharon lives with her two sons in the beautiful state of Colorado, and loves to dance and write in her spare time.