10/14/2025
If you told me as a baby dietitian when my request to attend the Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo continued to be denied year after year by the hospital where I worked, that my first time attending would be as a speaker, I wouldn’t have believed you.
Yesterday was a real pinch me moment. I dream 16 years in the making and an experience I still can’t quite wrap my head around.
To get to stand up on stage in front of hundreds of my peers with my former student and now fellow dietitian, as our moderator. To bring my friends and most trusted multidisciplinary professionals, of and .c.santi of .mental.health. We got to collectively share our knowledge of working together and support pregnant and postpartum bodies around food, body image, mental health, and physical activity.
To the dietitians who showed up, let’s keep the conversation going. Dream big, work hard and thanks for being part of this amazing first FNCE experience. It won’t be my last.