Essex L. Igyan was born in Chicago, Illinois. During road and summer fishing trips while growing up, his love of nature and storytelling matured. He moved to Atlanta, GA to attend Morris Brown College where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Education. He later earned his Master of Information Technology degree furthering his passion for systems design. He is a proponent of African Herbalism and was a student of the late, world-renowned ethnobotanist Dr. Anthony Kweku Andoh.
Essex hopes to share his knowledge and promote an herb centric lifestyle to all. He is a software engineer with just as much of a passion for the natural and the technical and mechanical. Essex launched fleekofnature.com to help showcase the beauty of nature in creative ways and through his publishing company made his mentor's book, ‘The Science and Romance of Herbs Used in Traditional and Medicinal Ceremony’, available to the herbal community. Essex is a board member of the American Herbalist Guild.
