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The passion for the work I do is the product of my own food and body image struggles for much of my life. From a very young age, I became indoctrinated into diet culture, learning that only thin bodies are healthy and deserving of love and respect. For much of my childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, I felt ashamed of my body and dieted to try to make it conform to what society believed was worthy, healthy, and acceptable. Inevitably, with each bout of restriction, my weight would eventually rebound and I would feel so much shame.

While I always had interest in nutrition and health, much of what motivated me to pursue a dietetic career was to try to find the answer I was looking for regarding weight. After initially getting my Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Brown University, I eventually returned to school to become a registered dietitian, completing the didactic program in dietetics, a dietetic internship, and received my Master of Science in Nutrition and Health Promotion from Simmons College.

Through my work at a residential eating disorder program, I learned about Intuitive Eating and HAES® and my perspective went through a huge shift. I am now a firmly "anti-diet/fat positive" practitioner who strives to make my patients feel safe and empowered.