She feels fortunate to have opportunities to integrate nutrition science with her interests in cultural food patterns, consumer behavior, food, and culinary science. Her 40+ year professional practice includes service as an outpatient cardiology dietitian, weight management and wellness counselor, pediatric public health nutrition manager, maternal and child health educator, food and nutrition newspaper columnist, behavioral medicine trainer, and most recently faculty at PLNU. Since 2002, she has been associated with PLNU’s Department of Family and Consumer Sciences as adjunct professor, full-time assistant professor, affiliated faculty, and academic advisor in nutrition/dietetics.