Kristine Wong
"Kristine received her B.S. in Microbiology from UC San Diego. After exploring different healthcare careers, she realized she could make the greatest impact through nutrition as a Registered Dietitian and will be an incoming student to USC’s M.S. in Nutrition, Healthspan, and Longevity coordinated program.
When she was 12, her grandma suffered a stroke that left her paralyzed and unable to speak. Long before her stroke, her risk factors had included high blood pressure and cholesterol: preventable nutrition related diseases. After her mom became a full-time caregiver, Kristine thought about how she could improve the quality of life of the elderly and their caregivers who are often their family members. This led her to develop a passion for prevention of chronic diseases through nutrition, exercise, and mindfulness.
She loves empowering people to connect food to their health and helping others develop sustainable, healthy habits. As an AAPI RD2B, she loves exploring foods from her Chinese & Japanese heritage and believes cultural foods should be included in the care process. She promotes cultural foods and recipes to the public to help them develop sustainable, healthy, and culturally relevant eating patterns. She believes that we need dietitians who are just as diverse as the populations we serve.
AAPI MIG has given her a community of dietitians who share her culture, love of food and a place to practice her leadership skills, and she thinks anyone who is interested can get involved! You can follow her journey in nutrition as an RD2B at @nutritionwithkristine."
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