Where you're from is how you get to what's next.
I'm Izzy Floyd — a scientist, professor, and founder working where heritage meets the frontier. I teach the science of food through culture, and I make tomorrow's technology make sense in plain English.
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It all started with a spoon.
My grandmother slid me a wooden spoon in her kitchen and told me, "Baby, sky's the limit." I've been carrying that spoon across every bridge since — from her stove to a nutrition science degree, from a Nestlé R&D lab to a professor's whiteboard, from a high school culinary lab in Orlando to the spatial computing frontier.
Today I run a nonprofit that teaches teenagers nutrition through the food of their own heritage, a spatial computing company preparing food brands for what's coming next, and a YouTube channel that breaks all of it down in plain English. Different lanes — same move: I stand at the edge of what's coming and walk people across.
Three lanes. One bridge.
Each one has its own home — this is the short tour. The longer one lives on the Building page.
Spatial Apex
A spatial computing agency and education studio — and ApexLink, the platform getting food brands ready for the day every barcode goes 2D.
The story → Nonprofit · 501(c)(3)FG Kids Inc.
Teaching teens the science of nutrition through the food of their own heritage — made unforgettable with spatial computing. Live at Evans High School.
The mission → Author · EducatorThe Books & the Classroom
Take CTRL, my nutrition manual and cookbook. Spatial Computing: Volume One. And six-plus years teaching science at the university level.
Take a look →"Our bodies don't just digest nutrients — they digest heritage."
Making the future make sense.
Every week on YouTube I break down where food, nutrition, and spatial technology are heading — with zero hype. The Scannable Shelf covers the 2027 barcode shift for food brands; my spatial series covers where immersive tech is really going.
Watch →Which nutrient are you?
Seven questions. Five nutrients. One of them is basically you — and yes, a real scientist wrote it, so it's silly and true. And when you're done: grandma's pot is on the stove, and dinner won't catch itself.
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Take CTRL.
My nutrition manual — part story, part science, part cookbook. 113 pages that start in my grandma's kitchen and end with you running yours: the science of flavor and function, and recipes across Land, Sea, Plants, Sweets, and DIY.
Let's build something worth crossing for.
Keynotes, classroom workshops, brand collaborations, media — if it lives where food, culture, and the future meet, I want to hear about it.
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