Christabel Menezes

Confession #13

In one of my previous roles as a Registered Dietitian, I regularly taught cooking classes for adults on healthy eating on a budget. Since space was limited, I took many of the class registrations over the phone, which included asking registrants if they had any food allergies so that I could adapt recipes if necessary.Continue reading “Confession #13”

Feraz

MS, RD, Lecturer, Doctoral Candidate Hi I’m Feraz, the host of @rdexampodcast and I am also a university professor. I am currently conducting my doctoral dissertation on diversity in dietetics, which I have been working on since 2018 while enrolled in a doctorate program concentrated in social justice, social change, and equity. Being in this programContinue reading “Feraz”

Confession #12

I was chatting with a coworker about our favorite cultural foods (coworker is Colombian, I am Puerto Rican) and my white manager butts in and says “Wow, don’t you guys have any healthy food, do you?” I immediately felt defensive and tried to spout off some healthy cultural foods of ours, to be met withContinue reading “Confession #12”

Elizabeth Gutiérrez

University of Illinois; BSc, ’20 My name is Elizabeth Gutiérrez, and I go by she/her pronouns. In May of 2020, I received my bachelors degree in food science and human nutrition with a concentration in dietetics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). I am now pursuing my Master’s Degree at UIUC in nutritionalContinue reading “Elizabeth Gutiérrez”

Confession #11

When I was applying to dietetic internships, my DPD director told me that I should apply to places in South Texas, where there’s a lot of people that don’t speak English. I said no, I want to stay here. I don’t know anybody in South Texas even though I am Hispanic. She then said sheContinue reading “Confession #11”

Sherene Chou

MS, RDN I am a Chinese American dietitian focused on plant-based nutrition and building a more sustainable food system. Growing up in East Los Angeles, I was surrounded by mostly Chinese and Mexican culture. My parents immigrated from Taiwan and as a first gen kid, I didn’t know dietetics was a profession till I decidedContinue reading “Sherene Chou”

Confession #10

When I joined my dietetics course BSc Hons Dietetics in the UK I was stunned to be 1 of 3 females from a south Asian background. The rest of the induction class consisted of white middle class girls who had their preppy water bottles and overpriced notepads and pens. Automatically felt like I didn’t belongContinue reading “Confession #10”

Ayten Salahi

MS I am researcher, food policy advocate and nutrition coach on a mission to heal people and the planet through food. As the first-generation daughter of Turkish-Cypriot immigrants and war survivors, I learned at a young age to view food as a tool for healing, compassion, and unity. After nearly a decade in medical research, I left myContinue reading “Ayten Salahi”

Confession #9

When I was applying to DICAS, my DPD director told me that I should just get my diet tech instead. She said I wasn’t likely to get matched since my GPA wasn’t high enough, especially considering I am Asian American.

Kimberly Korff

RD My name is Kimberly Korff, and I received my bachelor’s degree in dietetics from Missouri State University and completed my dietetic internship at OSF Saint Francis Medical Center in Peoria, IL. I’m now a registered dietitian in rural Iowa. While studying nutrition in undergrad, I frequently thought, “All we are talking about is AmericanContinue reading “Kimberly Korff”