About me

My journey into the world of dietary and nutritional wellness began at four years old, when my mother was diagnosed with colorectal cancer the first time. After her colon was surgically shortened, there were many foods she had to avoid. Five years later, the cancer returned, and as I grew older, I self-taught nutrition while helping my mother adjust to our new reality.​

My mother received little nutritional advice, and what information she did receive from her medical team was often conflicting, confusing, time-consuming, and expensive. We lived in a humble and rural part of Colombia, which meant we had to be resourceful and improvise when it came to creating a new way of healthy eating.​

As patients and caregivers know all too well, managing a major diagnosis can feel all-consuming. There is a nonstop stream of doctor’s appointments, prescriptions to pick up and side effects to handle, all while trying to live some semblance of a normal life. Like so many cancer patients, my mother continued her daily activities like working to earn a living and shopping to feed our family after her diagnosis.   So, we needed a way to eat that was practical, accessible, and appetizing. 

No one should have to endure the confusion and helplessness we felt when the devastating cancer diagnosis turned our lives upside down. Patients and their families deserve so much better, especially today when there is so much information available!​

This is the problem I set out to correct.  My family lost my mother, who was my entire family, to that terrible disease, and her memory ignited in me a passion for helping others through nutrition science. If I had been presented with useful nutrition advice, our story might be very different.  Let’s make your journey a positive one!