Rachel Garcia is the founder and owner of Dry Goods Refillery, New Jersey's first plastic-free grocery store, and an expert on sustainability, refill shopping, and zero waste space. Since opening her innovative storefront in early 2020, Rachel has been featured by various local and national media, including a focus episode of NowThis News, Spotify's How to Save a Planet podcast, as well as being called an "American Hero" on a nationally produced segment of NewsNation. She was selected as a 2023 national Top 3 National Finalist in the "Small Biz Challenge" by The UPS Store and most recently in 2024 was named a Top 10 Disruptor in the 2024 CO-100 by the Chamber of Commerce as one of the top small businesses in the country.

When Rachel is not growing her business and educating her community of 250K TikTok followers on the dangers of plastic, she cares for her two incredible children alongside her husband,and attempts to change the world for them one jar at a time.