If you’re thinking about nutrition, or dieting, or your relationship to food, or how to navigate food with a chaotic schedule, I want you to know: nutrition has been a voyage for me, too.

I was a little girl who ate butter and sugar sandwiches after school, and lived in a meat-and-potatoes household in the suburbs outside of Chicago.

In college, I studied health and nutrition with a focus on plant-based diets. I studied nutrition, movement, and public health in my undergraduate studies. The more I learned, the more I saw the same stories playing out across the United States and the world:

Our foods--the ones we buy; the kinds we buy; the foods we choose; the foods we’re asked to choose--could have powerful impacts on our overall wellbeing.

The way we feel; the way we move; the way we live and how we thrive.

After my undergraduate degree, I spent the next fifteen years developing fitness and wellbeing programs for corporate spaces, both as a personal trainer and program manager: I developed on-site and virtual fitness programs; health and wellness consultations; and managed teams to support a global population in a fast-paced tech world. 

The most important insight I learned: No two people train the same way. Everyone has unique needs for fitness; for movement; for health and wellness. I took this insight to heart when I began my graduate studies to earn my Master of Science in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine. 

After the birth of my second daughter, I wanted to find a way to help people outside of a corporate setting, where I could look at--and help--the whole person.

As the mother of two girls, I think about the way social pressures and misinformation make navigating food choices complicated.  As a former employee of the Bay Area tech industry, I know it’s difficult to think about yourself, let alone to make a healthy dinner after a long day.

I use the latest research and a community of expert colleagues to inform my practice. Wherever you are--at whatever stage in life, on whatever course in your wellness journey--I want to help you choose yourself and be actionable toward your next stage of health and wellbeing.