ANTI-DIET DIETITIAN | FOOD & NUTRITION EXPERT, AUTHOR, & CONSULTANT

Cara Harbstreet, MS RD LD (she/her) is a Kansas City-based Registered Dietitian and nationally- recognized food and nutrition expert, author, and consultant. Cara has experience in community nutrition, corporate wellness, retail nutrition, and nutrition education. In 2016, Cara founded her private practice with a focus on sports nutrition, intuitive eating, and weight-inclusive nutrition care for clients in the Kansas City area. She frequently partners with major media groups, food brands, grower & producer organizations, and contributes regularly to digital & print publications. She is passionate about helping people rediscover joy in eating deeply nourishing meals without restriction or fear, and enjoys candid conversations about the food system, nutrition, and cooking.

REGISTERED DIETITIAN | DECOLONIZED WELLNESS COACH | CREATOR OF BODY LIBERATION FOR ALL PODCAST

Dalia Kinsey is a queer Black Registered Dietitian, keynote speaker, the creator of the Body Liberation for All podcast, and author of Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation. On a mission to spread joy, reduce suffering, and eliminate health disparities in the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC community, Dalia rejects diet culture and teaches people to use nutrition as a self-care and personal empowerment tool to counter the damage of systemic oppression. Dalia works at the intersection of holistic wellness and social justice, continually creating wellness tools and resources that center the most vulnerable, individuals that hold multiple marginalized identities.

CLINICAL DIETITIAN | CONSULTANT | AUTHOR | HOST OF ‘MAKING IT AWKWARD’ PODCAST

Jessica Wilson(she/her) is a clinical dietitian, author of “It’s Always Been Ours; Rewriting the Story of Black Women’s Bodies”, and host of the podcast, “Making It Awkward.” She is the co-creator of the Amplify Melanated Voices challenge that went viral in 2020. Jessica has worked as a clinical dietitian since 2007, specializing in eating disorders in marginalized populations. She has worked for institutions including the University of Oregon and University California, Davis. She currently works for Lyon Martin Community Health Services, a collaborative health care clinic in San Francisco serving the queer and trans community of the Bay Area. Her experiences navigating the dietetic fields as a Black, queer dietitian have been featured in news outlets including ABC Prime Time News, New York Times, Washington Post, The CUT, HuffPo US and UK.

PSYCHOLOGIST | CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT STANFORD

Dr. Jen Douglas (she/her) is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Jen specializes in helping women and gender-diverse individuals struggling with perfectionism and burnout, as well as in the management of anxiety, disordered eating, and trauma. She maintains a practice of conducting psychotherapy, teaching, and supervision from an intersectional lens. Outside of her clinical work, Dr. Jen enjoys providing education to the real world through her Instagram account (@drjenofficial) and facilitating workshops on coping strategies for stress, burnout, and working motherhood.

BODY LIBERATION PHOTOGRAPHER, WRITER & ACTIVIST

Lindley Ashline (she/her) creates photographs that celebrate the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards. She fights weight stigma by giving fat people a safe place to explore how their bodies look on camera and by increasing the representation of fat bodies in photography, advertising, fine art and the world at large. Lindley is also the creator of Body Liberation Stock (body-positive stock images for commercial use) and the Body Love Shop (a curated resource for body-friendly products and artwork

LEAD SCHOLAR | REGISTERED DIETITIAN | EDUCATOR | CONSULTANT

Mia (she/her) is a registered dietitian, educator, and consultant who is passionate about helping folks find peace with food and body while honoring their path and lived experience. Mia’s background in food access and public health adds to her lens on the systemic inequalities clients may face everyday. Her work focuses on folks who feel unseen yet hypervisible–those who live with undertreated chronic conditions, experience eating disorders and weight stigma, and identify as queer or neurodivergent in BIPOC communities. Mia works with clients in outpatient settings, consults with organizations on inclusive nutrition and education practices, and teaches about cultural aspects of nutrition at MSU Denver.

ANTI-DIET DIETITIAN | BODY IMAGE COACH | FOUNDER OF FOOD BODY PEACE

Mya Kwon (she/her) is an Anti-Diet Dietitian passionate about supporting individuals of all ages and sizes to break away from toxic Diet Culture and empower them to build trust with their own bodies. She has 10 years of experience working with diverse individuals and groups in various settings including an adolescent eating disorders clinic, college counseling center, and her current on-line practice. She is a strong anti-diet and body liberation advocate and believes that all bodies regardless of weight and size deserve respectful and compassionate care. In addition to her on-line practice, she is also half-time nutrition faculty at Seattle Pacific University and teaches all of her courses in nutrition and public health from a weight-inclusive lens.