“I’m a dietician. My true passion is educating people on how to eat well in a tasty, fun, and exciting way, which is not always what people associate with eating healthy. All foods can fit if you balance them out in a healthy lifestyle. It’s how you live your overall life that will really make the difference. I really love food, and when I was younger I really just loved junk food. I was definitely an overweight teen once I stopped growing. I was faced with a choice: do I change or not? But eating in the way that would make my body healthy seemed like a chore. Thanks to the support of my parents who brought me to a dietician, I am who I am today.”

“If you could give a piece of advice to your teenage self, what would you say?”

“I would give myself a message of self-acceptance. I wasn’t comfortable in my own skin. I think that once you’re comfortable with yourself, everything falls into place; you’re able to appreciate yourself, enjoy yourself, enjoy your life, and transmit that to the people around you. Back then it was hard, so I think it would have been good to know that you are who you are, no matter what, and you should be changing because you care about yourself and not because you don’t like yourself. Accept the fact that you want to improve and be a better version of your current, self rather than a different person entirely. Be proud of who you are.”

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