What I Do Now:
Board Member, Food Allergy Fund, non-profit focused on underlying causes of food allergies.
Speaker, Guest Teacher, Research Advocate for the food allergy community.
Why I wrote a book: I was an English teacher long before I was a mother, but children changed my life in ways I hadn't foreseen. My son Eden was seriously allergic to seven of the "Big 8" food allergens. So I devoted myself to learning about this vexing modern epidemic. I began narrating my family's food allergy journey to support the food allergy community and to unpack the universal experiences of food and family: I began as a blogger and then I wrote my memoir, FEEDING EDEN: I continue to support the food allergy community by writing, speaking and teaching.
Read my writing on
The Huffington Post
Read my writing on
Psychology Today
My fantasy food is my delicious chocolate wedding cake. I am anaphylactic to milk/dairy, so this cake was made special for me and was also vegan. The caketasted great even one year later-when we pulled the cake from the freezer to celebrate our anniversary. Allergy-free cakes are delicious, and none of the guests knew it was made without dairy, nuts, or eggs!
