What do you do after becoming a Harvard neuroscientist? You quit and open an award winning restaurant of course. In this episode, we have Ellie Tiglao, an art director, restaurateur, chef, software developer, and of course, former neuroscientist. We met through mutual friends who described her as “one of the most interesting people you’ll ever meet”, and that has held incredibly true. Ellie was the founder and owner of Tanám, a Filipinx restaurant in Boston best known for their unique Kamayan style dining (eating family style with your hands), researcher at Harvard Medical School, founder of Senryu Taiko, a traditional Japanese drumming group, and director of creative programs at Industry Lab, a coworking space for creatives, tech, and entrepreneurs. Some other fun tidbits- Ellie makes a different flavor ice cream each year for her birthday with some favorites being tobacco and kimchi crabapple. She also makes something called Vice Cream, which is ice cream made with psychedelics.