Nour Bizri

Years of Participation

2025

Nour Bizri is the owner of Bright Light Bakery and a Licensed Professional Counseling Associate in Charleston, South Carolina. Bright Light Bakery is a cottage bakery that specializes in artisan sourdough bread and treats. Currently, her bread and treats are available at the Veggie Bin and various farmers’ markets and events in the Charleston area.

In 2018, Nour was involved in a freak accident that resulted in a traumatic brain injury and a diagnosis of Functional Neurological Disorder. This neurological processing disorder affects a person’s mental, emotional, and physical functioning. Introduced to the sourdough process by her sister, Nour discovered that baking sourdough bread helps reduce her seizures by allowing her to slow down, process, and understand her thoughts and feelings in real-time. The mission of Bright Light Bakery is not only to provide clean and simple bread to the Lowcountry community but also to raise awareness and normalize conversations about mental health.