From a young age, I was captivated by the interplay of food, science, and the desire to help others.
My first encounter with dietetics during a ninth-grade class instantly resonated with me, combining all my interests into one promising career path.
However, my relationship with food and dieting was complicated.
Like many, my journey into dietetics began with personal struggles. I ventured into my first diet at the age of sixteen, driven by societal praise and a lack of understanding about my body’s natural changes. This period of restriction led to significant weight loss but also brought misery, obsession, and exhaustion—both physical and emotional.
It was a cycle of weight loss and regain, rooted deeply in diet culture, that I now know so many experience.
You are the expert of your body.
My role is to listen, understand, and empower you to foster a healthy relationship with food through a mix of medical nutrition therapy and the principles of Intuitive Eating.
Together, we’ll explore what it means to eat intuitively and live freely, without the weight of dietary restrictions clouding your mind or body.
My mission is to help folks recover from disordered eating and eating disorders to live a nourished and confident life with food and themselves.
The reality of life is that it is hard at times, your path will ebb and flow and you will experience ups and downs. We will all go through some form of suffering - that is the shared human experience.
Taking care of yourself, including nourishing your body, doesn't have to add another layer of suffering.
Despite what diet culture says or what you may read or see on social media, nutrition does not have to be complicated. There is a way to nourish your mind and body without food rules and food guilt where you can just eat and move on with your day while also prioritizing your health and wellbeing.
Yes, food is fuel for our minds and bodies, and it also can bring a sense of joy, pleasure, celebration, and connection! You are so deserving of a life filled with all of the things that are important to you.
Let me help you re-define how nutrition plays a role in your life through a weight inclusive and intuitive eating lens.
MS, RD, LDN
B.S. in Nutritional Sciences from Penn State University
M.S. in Dietetics from the University of Rhode Island
Dietetic Internship at Sodexo, Philadelphia location, with a Diabetes concentration (which includes 1,200 supervised hours in a clinical rotation, food service rotation, diabetes rotation, and community rotation)
