Since her diagnosis 12 years ago, she has studied celiac disease & the gluten-free diet extensively. Trisha has been involved with the Celiac Disease Foundation: Northeast Ohio Chapter since 2000 and has spoken to the medical & celiac disease communities on numerous occasions. Her long time passion has been to raise awareness of this widely underdiagnosed disease through her involvement in local events, fundraisers, and media interviews. She has peer- reviewed and authored several celiac disease publications. Trisha?s counseling practice is limited to the celiac disease & gluten intolerance populations and she has counseled several hundred patients requiring a gluten-free diet from all over Northeast Ohio.