“Melanin – which determines skin color in our bodies – does not protect from an eating disorder” – Marisol Perez, Ph.D. In my nutrition graduate school studies, I wanted to study eating disorders among BIPOC communities. Most of the research articles I found were among Caucasian women during their early adulthood and college years. I […]

The other day I was chatting with my Filipina colleagues, and we were discussing the increased levels of anxiety during the holiday season. Body shaming in the Filipinx culture has become normalized that we anticipate it in family gatherings. When we ask our elders why does our culture body shame, they respond with, “That’s just […]

What’s Earth Day? Take the time to tackle food justice, environmental justice, and more. Earth Day is a time when global citizens take action to preserve our planet. Meaningful issues like climate change, science and education, people and communities, conservation and restoration, plastic and pollution are some of the areas we all can get involved […]

I’m ashamed that I use to feel embarrassed that I am part Asian. I hid that beautiful part of me. And when I think back on the reasons, as a kid I was racially bullied. I distinctly remembered a neighborhood kid saying he thought it was gross that I am part Filipino. In my freshman […]

Many people don’t know that they live in a food desert. I didn’t know I was one of those people until I learned the ‘food desert’ definition. The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as (USDA, 2010): Not living within 10 miles of a supermarket and/or Grocery stores not carrying affordable, nutritious food […]