Andrea Lopez

Andrea is a guest author for The Dietitian Editor blog. Andrea is currently in the inaugural  Future Education Model (FEM) cohort at Long Island University (LIU) to hold the MS/RDN credential by December 2022.  Previous to starting the program in the fall 2021, Andrea has dedicated the past four years to managing USDA Child Nutrition Programs and conducting bilingual nutrition education in the Farm to Early Childhood Education (ECE) field in the Washington metropolitan area. Andrea holds a B.S. in Nutrition and Latin American Studies from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Plattsburgh and is an accredited instructor for Food Manager Certification. Above all, she is driven to support meaningful change by cultivating the habits that form healthy hearts and minds among children and families in the dietetics field. Andrea currently resides in Brooklyn, NYC.