Background
In high school I knew I wanted to pursue the field of nutrition because of my passion for helping people lose weight. Through college, graduate school, and my internship, I identified many other areas of nutrition that interested me. I'm still fascinated! I got my B.S. in Nutritional Science from the University of Vermont and my M.S. in Applied Physiology and Nutrition from Columbia University, where I also did my dietetic internship. I am a registered and licensed dietitian and have my RD Nutrition Coach certification with Tony Stephan. I don't have any formal culinary education other than what I learned in the "cooking lab" in college, but I LOVE to cook and create recipes. My fiance and I have had food trucks and now a catering business. Our specialties are mac 'n cheese (I will never give up the secret ingredient!), meatballs, and pizza. If you see a white sedan with a PA license plate that reads "PIZZA RD" please wave to me!
Availability
Approach
My sense of humor and nonjudgmental approach make people feel comfortable with me immediately and set me apart from many of my colleagues. I also appreciate these qualities in my clients! I am also very patient - having worked in long-term care for 20 years has helped me tremendously with this. I prefer video chats since I don't currently have a proper office to bring people into, but phone calls are great too!
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Insurance accepted
Aetna, Anthem, Blue Care Network, Blue Cross, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Shield, Carefirst, Cigna, Empire, Golden Rule, Highmark, Horizon, Independence Blue Cross, Optum, Oxford, Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield, Select Health, United Healthcare, United Medical Resources (UMR)
Seeing clients in
AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, HI, ID, IL, IN, MA, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OK, OR, PA, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY
