3.10.25
/ Nutrition
This year, the theme is “Food Connects Us,” which celebrates how food is a way to connect with our friends and family, as well as to other communities and cultures. By understanding how a meal is prepared, where the ingredients were sourced, and who it was made by, we not only can better understand what factors influence the foods we eat, but also how food can directly impact our health.
Here at God’s Love, we have some of the most dedicated and knowledgeable Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) around! In our 2nd week of National Nutrition Month 2025, and on Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Day, we take a moment to highlight some of the things that make our RDNs such a critical part of our work at God’s Love.
From the direct work with clients, to food safety oversight in the facility, our team of RDNs strive to improve the health and well-being of our clients with serious illnesses. While the team’s scope of work is wide-ranging, the overall goal is to provide care for our clients, as well as, to promote food as medicine.
Our RDNs provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and nutrition counseling to our clients. These services are a key strength of our program: combining the expertise of a RDN with the provision of medically tailored meals. The delicious meals created by our Culinary team are also guided by nutrition standards maintained by our RDNs. This ensures that our meals are appropriate for the nutritional needs of our clients with a variety of medical conditions.
Director of Nutrition Services
As Director of our Nutrition Services Department, Lisa manages our team of RDNs, providing medical nutrition therapy throughout a client’s time on our program. Hear how Lisa’s path to being an RDN began at culinary school and how she stays active in NYC.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist - Culinary
As our Culinary RDN, Emily ensures that God's Love menus meet clinical nutrition standards and she helps to promote food safety practices with our clients and their meals. Hear how Emily was inspired to become an RDN and her take on classic Greek yogurt.
BIDMC Dietetic Intern
Nikki started at God’s Love as a volunteer while completing her bachelor’s in nutrition and dietetics at CUNY Brooklyn College. After receiving a Masters of Clinical Nutrition at Boston University, she is currently completing her dietetic internship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. We’re thrilled she’s returned to complete her community nutrition rotation at God’s Love! Hear Nikki’s thoughts on how food connects us and how peanut butter is nutritious and delicious.
Bilingual Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (English and Mandarin)
With experience in clinical nutrition, public health nutrition programming, and nutrition research, Sabrina has been at God’s Love for over two years working with both English and Mandarin speaking clients. Hear from Sabrina about helping others through health challenges and the secret nutritional powers of beans! of beans!
Community Education Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Meet Katie Leonard, a Community Education RDN at God’s Love We Deliver. Having worked with New Yorkers of all ages, Katie enjoys creating nutrition education for the God’s Love community and beyond. Hear from Katie about how to customize your popcorn and her nutritionist life hack for healthier snacks and meals.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Previously on our Client Services team, Cristina enrolled at Hunter College to become an RDN, returning to God’s Love for her Community Nutrition rotation. She rejoined our team as an RDN in 2024 and is thrilled to be back! Hear from Cristina about empowering others to support their health and how to get the most out of your meal prep.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist & Nutrition Manager
Beginning her career working in pharmaceuticals, Ronnie became an RDN to pursue her love of food and found a home at God’s Love — we’re grateful for the 14 years she’s been with us! Hear from Ronnie about the health benefits …
Bilingual Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
First inspired to become a nutritionist while at New York University, Emma brings years of experience in nutrition consulting with a specialization in meal planning for weight management. Hear from Emma about pistachios in Ch…
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
A specialist in oncology nutrition, Holly has worked all across NYC to help others on their health journeys. Hear from Emma about pistachios in Chinese culture and her *sweet* blueberry tip.
The team provides ongoing counseling and education to our clients and the community on a variety of topics like HIV, nutrition and cancer, and diabetes self-care. In addition to work with individual clients, our RDNs create webinars, educational modules, and written fact sheets and publications, many of which are available on our website, in multiple languages. Check out our client education portal here!
It goes without saying that strict attention to food safety and sanitation is paramount to the successful achievement of our mission. Working with our Culinary, Facilities and Fulfillment teams, our RDNs assist in agency food safety and sanitation practices to ensure that food travels safely within the facility to our clients’ homes.
Finally, one of the department’s favorite activities is training and mentoring future RDNs. Year round, the team trains Dietetic Interns and mentors nutrition students, sharing critical knowledge and experience unique to community based RDNs.
3.3.25 / Nutrition
For the first week of National Nutrition Month, our RDN Sabrina Krebs highlights the importance of food access in being able to connect with food and our local food system.
3.17.25 / Nutrition
For the third week of National Nutrition Month, our RDN Katie Leonard highlights how food connects us with our clients and the greater God’s Love community. It all starts with our meals.
