Meet Our Nutritional Health Expert

  I am deeply passionate about optimizing metabolic health and helping others achieve their health, nutrition, and lifestyle goals. I started my nutritional journey at UCLA where I majored in Biology, then continued on with a Master's degree in Nutritional Biochemistry from Tufts University and finally, I received a Ph.D. in Behavioral Nutrition from Columbia University in 2010. I worked as a post-doctoral fellow at Rady Children's Hospital for 4 years studying the effects of nutrition on infant outcomes and for over a decade as a nutrition scientist at the University of California, San Diego. 

Over the course of my career, I have developed a special interest in metabolic health, behavior change, and the role nutrition plays in supporting long-term wellness and longevity. As the use of GLP-1 medications continue to grow, many people are looking for guidance on how to maintain their progress, support their metabolism, and successfully transition off these medications in a healthy and sustainable way.

My approach combines evidecne-based low-carb nutrition, metabolic health education, and personalized lifestyle strategies to help clients build long-term habits that support energy, weight maintenance or continued weight loss, and overall well-being duting and after GLP-1 treatment. I believe that sustainable success comes from addressing nutrition, behavior, mindset, and metabolic health together, rather than relying on short-term solutions only.

I am a Certified Nutrition Specialist Scholar® (CNS-S) and a Certified Ketogenic Nutrition Specialist (CKNS), both credentialed by the American Nutrition Association® through its Board for Certification of Nutrition Specialists, a NASN Sm.a.RT certified personal trainer, and an accredited founding member of the Society for Metabolic Health Practioners. My background in nutritional biochemistry, behavior change, and metabolic health allows me to provide individualized support tailored to each client's unique goals and health journey. 

Through virtual consulting and coaching, I work with clients around the world who are seeking guidance with GLP-1 transition support, metabolic wellness, low-carb nutrition, and sustainable lifestyle change.