My Approach
You may have tried the conventional route and found that your symptoms never really go away. As a dietitian trained in functional nutrition, I approach your health through a functional medicine lens—seeking to identify and address the underlying factors contributing to your symptoms, not just managing them.
I help you uncover what’s driving digestive issues, inflammation, and other ongoing concerns. While elimination protocols may sometimes be necessary, I prioritize nourishment whenever possible to help you build a balanced way of eating without unnecessary restriction.
Education, Training & Experience
Integrative and Functional Nutrition Certified Practitioner (IFNCP)
Areas of Expertise
- Bloating, IBS, SIBO
- Constipation & Diarrhea
- Food Sensitivities & Intolerances
- Gastroparesis
- GERD/Acid Reflux
- Gut Dysbiosis
- Celiac Disease
- Diverticular Disease
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Crohn's, Ulcerative Colitis)
- Other Autoimmune & Chronic Inflammatory Conditions
- Diabetes & Cardiometabolic Health
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN)
Advanced Training:
Education:
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
UCLA
Kaiser Permanente
M.S. Nutrition and Dietetics
M.S. Biomedical Sciences
What Clients Can Expect
Collaboration
Working together is a partnership. Recommendations are refined over time based on you goals, feedback, progress, and evolving needs.
Education
Complex nutrition topics are broken down into clear, actionable guidance so you feel confident making informed decisions about your health.
Personalization
Every client is unique. Recommendations are tailored to your health history, symptoms, lifestyle, and long-term goals rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
Working together is a collaborative, educational process designed to help you understand your body and take meaningful next steps with confidence.
Around 2014, my dad was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening autoimmune condition. Little was known, with few treatment options available and a life expectancy of around 5 years. My dad was placed on strong immunosuppressants, but there was limited guidance given to him about diet.
Shaken by this news, I was motivated to figure out how I could help. With an already burgeoning interest in nutrition that had started a few years prior (but initially centered around fitness and performance), my research became focused in a different direction.
The abundance of information was exciting and overwhelming at the same time. What I noticed was the lack of scientific rigor when it came to nutrition advice in the media, with new trends coming out constantly and many times full of contradictions.
This fueled my desire to pursue formal education and training in nutrition and become an expert in the field.
Registered Dietitians are nutritionists that complete accredited graduate-level education, supervised clinical practice, national board examinations, and ongoing continuing education requirements.
I chose this path because I wanted the strongest scientific and clinical foundation possible so that I could provide clients with nutrition guidance grounded in sound science and evidence-based research.
My passion for digestive health developed through my clinical work early in my career. While working in eating disorder treatment clinics, I frequently saw clients struggling with persistent digestive symptoms that had a profound impact their quality of life. I became curious about whether there was a more comprehensive way to help beyond symptom management.
That curiosity led me to discover functional medicine—a whole-person approach that focuses on identifying and treating the root causes of symptoms by correcting underlying imbalances to restore optimal function.
Inspired by this approach, I decided to pursue advanced training in functional nutrition with a focus on digestive health and the relationship between the gut, immune system, and inflammation.
Since the start of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work in several major healthcare systems, including Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, and UCLA. While my experiences working at those hospitals provided me with valuable clinical training, I wanted to offer a more personalized level of care rooted in the principles of functional medicine and nutrition.
Starting my own practice allowed me to spend more time understanding each person’s full health story, developing individualized nutrition strategies that target the root causes of symptoms, and providing the ongoing guidance needed to create meaningful, lasting change.
What inspired me to pursue nutrition?
Around 2014, my dad was diagnosed with a rare and life-threatening autoimmune condition. Little was known, with few treatment options available and a life expectancy of around 5 years. My dad was placed on strong immunosuppressants, but there was limited guidance given to him about diet.
Shaken by this news, I was motivated to figure out how I could help. With an already burgeoning interest in nutrition that had started a few years prior (but initially centered around fitness and performance), my research became focused in a different direction.
The abundance of information was exciting and overwhelming at the same time. What I noticed was the lack of scientific rigor when it came to nutrition advice in the media, with new trends coming out constantly and many times full of contradictions.
This fueled my desire to pursue formal education and training in nutrition and become an expert in the field.
Why Registered Dietitian?
Registered Dietitians are nutritionists that complete accredited graduate-level education, supervised clinical practice, national board examinations, and ongoing continuing education requirements.
I chose this path because I wanted the strongest scientific and clinical foundation possible so that I could provide clients with nutrition guidance grounded in sound science and evidence-based research.
Why digestive health and inflammation?
My passion for digestive health developed through my clinical work early in my career. While working in eating disorder treatment clinics, I frequently saw clients struggling with persistent digestive symptoms that had a profound impact their quality of life. I became curious about whether there was a more comprehensive way to help beyond symptom management.
That curiosity led me to discover functional medicine—a whole-person approach that focuses on identifying and treating the root causes of symptoms by correcting underlying imbalances to restore optimal function.
Inspired by this approach, I decided to pursue advanced training in functional nutrition with a focus on digestive health and the relationship between the gut, immune system, and inflammation.
What inspired me to start my own practice?
Since the start of my career, I’ve had the opportunity to work in several major healthcare systems, including Cedars-Sinai, Kaiser Permanente, and UCLA. While my experiences working at those hospitals provided me with valuable clinical training, I wanted to offer a more personalized level of care rooted in the principles of functional medicine and nutrition.
Starting my own practice allowed me to spend more time understanding each person’s full health story, developing individualized nutrition strategies that target the root causes of symptoms, and providing the ongoing guidance needed to create meaningful, lasting change.
