What It Means To Be A Disabled Latina and Future RDN
By Juliana Tamayo, WH DPG Student Partner
Dietitians Changed My Life I remember the day I finally got my first diagnosis. It had been a long and hard battle. I’m Latina, born and raised in Colombia, but I have called the United States my home for 10 years. Everything changed once I got sick. I couldn’t keep food down and I lost weight quickly. In the eyes of many doctors, though, I wasn’t sick enough, or it was all in my head. I owe my team of dietitians my life. Not only did they believe me, and saw through the diagnoses, but they encouraged me. I went from being malnourished and scared, ...