About Me
Are you confused about how and when to start your baby on solid foods, or looking for ways to reduce family mealtime stress? If you need guidance on navigating picky eating and feeding your kids well without losing sight of your own nutrition needs, you’ve come to the right place!
I help moms raise healthy, confident, adventurous eaters and tend to their own maternal nutrition needs as well. As a single mom of three girls and a registered dietitian nutritionist with a Master’s Degree in Clinical Nutrition, I specialize in baby-led weaning and picky eating. If chaos, stress, and fatigue around food and feeding is what’s on your plate these days, I get it and have been there!
Nutrition is actually my second career. For my first 10 years post-Northwestern University undergrad, I worked in the performing arts (AEA, SAG-AFTRA) as a singer, actor, dancer and model based in New York. I traveled the country with national tours and appeared in regional theater and Off-Broadway shows, independent feature films and commercials. Throughout, I felt pressure from the industry to be slender and learned the hard way that fad diets and food restriction was not the answer.
The Moment of Realization
Through trial and error, research and experimentation, I started on a path toward a healthier lifestyle and along the way, fell so in love with the science of nutrition and the way proper nourishment made me FEEL that I never looked back. In fact, after a decade of performing, I went back to school at NYU, earned my graduate degree in Clinical Nutrition and started working as an outpatient weight loss and bariatric dietitian at the Bronx VA hospital.
Babies & Kids…
I live in Westchester, NY now, not far outside NYC. My daughters were all born within about 3 ½ years of each other, and it was during their infancies that I discovered my passion for pediatric nutrition. It was an intense time, learning to care for and feed young bodies healthy whole foods that they would actually eat (not easy!) while also learning to carve out space for my self-care and nutrition so that I could be the mother they needed me to be.
I struggled with the gamut - difficulties breastfeeding, a premature baby who wasn’t gaining weight, 3 c-sections in quick succession, food battles at mealtimes, picky eating behaviors, fear of a diminishing breastmilk supply, childhood food allergies that were difficult to diagnose, infant reflux, baby gagging and vomiting, that global fatigue of motherhood…it’s exhausting looking back.
As I emerged from this time, as my daughters grew out of babyhood and became robust toddlers and little kids, I realized how lucky I was to have had the nutrition education and information I needed to navigate these challenges – which made the next chapter in my life very obvious!
I created my nutrition lifestyle company to take what I’ve learned about feeding babies and kids and help reduce YOUR stress around food and feeding. My goal is to provide the real-life tools, recipes, resources, coaching and tips you need to make feeding yourself and your family easy, simple and drama-free. Big picture – I hope my efforts will help reshape the nutrition lifestyles, habits and long term health outcomes of the next generation as a whole! Let’s dream big, together!
Electronic Press Kit
Sleepsong - GHOSTLIGHT Chorus
Fall 2019 Concert: Poulenc - Gloria, Rutter - Gloria