Sean Basinski, founder of the Street Vendor Project non-profit, which hosts the annual Vendy Awards, is New York's patron saint of roasted nuts and kebab carts. After spending the last few years tending to the legal needs and rights of the city's more than 10,000 street vendors—both food and non-food ones—he deservedly won a Fulbright award to conduct research on street vendors in Lagos, Nigeria. For the next six months, he'll be getting his kebabs from Africa. Congrats, Sean!