School-Based Nutrition Educator
“I’m honored to be involved with some very important and incredible work. Throughout my last 2+ years as a nutrition educator, I’ve seen that SNAP-Ed Works! Whether it’s the look of awe on a preschooler’s face when I pull a never before seen vegetable from a mystery bag (beets, asparagus, cabbage) or the thumbs-up I get from one of those three-year-olds after they’ve tried coleslaw and have declared it as their new favorite food.
I hear from the Head Start teachers (who are true heroes in this world) that the kids talk about the foods for days and weeks after I visit their classroom. They share that families are buying the ingredients and making the recipes at home like “Miss Allie does…” and these parents are shocked when their kids actually do eat it (even I’m not sold on the beet salad I took in for them). It would be absolutely devastating if this program is taken away from the kids and families who benefit from it every day.”