A three-day virtual event catered to nutrition and healthcare professionals and students to positively impact the diverse communities we all serve.

Improve Your Knowledge and Skills Working a Nutrition Professional Working in Communities of Color

The Diversify Dietetics Annual Summit is back on April 9-11, 2025!

Our Summit goes beyond the WHY and focuses on the HOW of nutrition topics. From building an entrepreneurial business, exploring new nutritional science, translating food trends, to supporting food insecurity, you'll walk away with strategies to provide equitable care for clients, patient and communities of color.

The Diversify Dietetics Community is full of inspiring nutrition professionals who are committed to incorporating cultural humility into their practice and sharing those skills with you. This summit will take a deep dive into topics related to working in different communities of color.

The summit includes sessions, workshops, and panels across various practice areas, with the most diverse set of food and nutrition professionals at any conference. Attendees will receive 21.5 CEUs. 

You’ll be free to learn and explore in a supportive, safe, and inspirational virtual setting. By the end of three days you will feel inspired and more confident in incorporating cultural humility into your practice. Our events are truly like no others in the dietetics community! 

A bonus: Proceeds from this event support the programming we provide to the DD Community!

What's Included in Our Summit

  • Sessions led by RDs of color who are accomplished experts in their field
  • Content designed to provide strategies for action and impact 
  • Live Q&A sessions with our speakers
  • Live workshop & panel sessions
  • Access to all summit recordings for one full year
  • Opportunities to network and engage with fellow RDs of color
  • Chance to win giveaways each day
  • 21.5 CEUs pending (including ethics CEU!)

Event agenda coming soon!

Summit Speakers

Enrique Necahual Moreno, MS

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome Early On In Your Dietetics Career

Danielle Sanders, MPH, RDN, LD, CHES

Tradition Meets Nutrition: Culturally Relevant Recipes in the Teaching Kitchen

Yi Min Teo, MS, RD, CNSC

Kitchen Conversations: Addressing the Nutritional Concerns as a University Dietitian

Stacey Woodson, MS, RDN, LDN

Blooms & Brews: Integrating Nature's Medicine into Dietetic Practice

Bettina J. Applewhite MS, RDN, LDN, SNS

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome Early On In Your Dietetics Career

Anthony Chiu, RD, LD

Kitchen Conversations: Addressing the Nutritional Concerns as a University Dietitian

Joyce Faraj-Ardura PhD, MS, RDN, LDN

Motivational Interviewing Meets Cultural Humility: A Pathway to Inclusive and Patient-Centered Nutrition Counseling

Makeda Mars RDN

Nourishing the Nourishers: Building Rest and Resilience in Your Career

Natasha Eziquiel-Shriro, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES

Empowering Women of Color with PCOS: Culturally Sensitive Approaches to Nutrition and Lifestyle for Hormonal Balance

Michaela Cotner, M.A.

co-presenter

Examining the Food Access Environment of Senior Center Participants: A Socioecological Perspective Using Photovoice in an Urban Environment

Kellie Mayfield, PhD, RDN

co-presenter

Examining the Food Access Environment of Senior Center Participants: A Socioecological Perspective Using Photovoice in an Urban Environment

Neathery Falchuk, LCSW-S, CGP

co-presenter

Embodied Allyship: Rethinking Gender Affirming Care

Charlie Golightly, MPP-D, RD, RYT

co-presenter

Embodied Allyship: Rethinking Gender Affirming Care

Shana Johnson, MPH, RD, CSP

Navigating the Nutritional Maze: Challenges and Solutions for Cultivating Healthy Eating Habits in Our Youth

Stephanie Mendez, RDN, RYT, CPT

The Power of Culture in Gut Health: Centering Mexican-American Foods in Functional Disorders

Jerlyn Jones MS, MPA, RD LD, CLT

Empowered Transitions: Supporting Women of Color with Nutrition Through Perimenopause and Beyond

Breana Lai Killeen, M.P.H, RD

co-presenter

Tackling Food Insecurity Through a Small Scale, Localized Lens

Rebecca Valdez, MS, RDN

co-presenter

Tackling Food Insecurity Through a Small Scale, Localized Lens

Christine Thomson, RDN, LDN

Workshop: Think Bigger: A Mindset Reset for Dietitians

Venus S. Kalami, MNSP, RD, CSP

[Pediatrics] Multiple Markers of Success: Helping All Clinicians Move Past Weight-Based Care Once and for All

Autumn Martin MS, RD, LD

co-presenter

Exploration of sustainability practices at a reduced waste eco-village: Living off the grid in Ghana

Dhana Blissett, MS, RDN, LD

co-presenter

Exploration of sustainability practices at a reduced waste eco-village: Living off the grid in Ghana

Summit Panelists

Empowering a Diversified Health Workforce: Insights from the NextGen Scientist Program

More panel sessions will be announced soon!

Registration

All summit registrants will receive access to all summit session recordings through April 30, 2026.

Diversify Dietetics Student and Professional Members- register via Circle.

Want to join our membership? You can do that here to receive member rates on this event and so much more!

Early-Bird Registration

Early Bird Registration ends on February 21st!

Members- Register in Circle

Student Members $37

DD Members $157

Not-Yet-Members

$207

REGISTER

Regular Registration

Regular Registration ends on April 4th!

Member Pricing- Register in Circle

Student Members $37

DD Members $197

Not-Yet-Members

$247

FAQs

Is my ticket refundable?

Tickets are nonrefundable. All registrants have access to Summit recordings for up to 12 months after the events.

I'm a DD Member how can I get my member discount?

DD Members can find information on how to purchase their discounted ticket via Circle. If you are unsure how to access the platform, email membership@diversifydietetics.org.

Will the sessions be recorded?

Yes! All sessions will be recorded and available to registrants for up to 12 months after the summit.

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