My relationship with food started early. As the eldest of four siblings, I was cooking family dinners before I was even a teenager. That love of feeding people followed me into a hospitality management degree, where cooking classes almost convinced me to switch into culinary arts. But I realized I loved creating my own recipes more than following someone else’s. A decade later I pivoted into the music industry, where I wrote a business plan combining food trucks with live events. Food and bringing people together kept showing up in everything I did.

Then, I was diagnosed with Celiac Disease and everything changed. What started as a heavy blow to my identity became a turning point. I threw myself into learning how nutrition could help me manage my autoimmune condition while still making food I loved. When I blended my family and started cooking for two kids with different tastes, meal planning became my superpower. After reaching a dead end in my career, I realized all roads had been leading me here. Holistic nutrition felt like the natural next step to turn a lifetime of personal experience into something that could help other families too.