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

About Allergies

New Food Allergy Families can find Pediatricians, Pediatric Allergists or Pediatric Pulmonologists at:

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology

American College of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology

American Medical Association

Some of Many FOOD ALLERGY ORGANIZATIONS:

The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN)

Food Allergy Initiative

Asthma & Allergy Network

Some of Many Food Allergy Resources

Allergic Living

Asthma, Allergies, Children: A Parent's (Web) Guide

Kids with Food Allergies

Mothers of Children Having Allergies (Mocha)

P.S. For anyone who has been recently diagnosed with food allergies this is a basic list, a staring point of sorts. I'm happy to answer specific questions about resources, books, recipes and the like. Email me at [email protected]

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About Allergies