We’re delighted to share this month’s ambassador spotlight on Registered Dietitian Coach at All Access Dietitians, Celine Reyes, MS, RD, LDN. Learn more about her inspiring professional journey and the unique challenge she faced and overcame while becoming a successful practitioner in private practice.
Orgain Recommendations:
I love recommending the protein powders as a great plant-based supplement, especially for more active or plant-based clients, and I love suggesting different ways to use it, like in smoothies, overnight oats, or acai bowls. The ready-to-drink shakes are another convenient way to make sure they’re getting enough protein in. While we currently accept Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS), which covers up to 100% of unlimited nutrition care, we can also provide claims for those without BCBS to receive reimbursement for Orgain products.
Current Role:
I am a Dietitian Coach at a new and rapidly growing virtual private practice based out of Chicago called All Access Dietitians. We offer a unique approach to nutrition counseling by combining both the dietitian expert hat with the wellness coach hat. We are both clinically trained registered dietitians and health coaches who empower clients with the skills and tools to advance their own well-being. We create long-term and weekly goals to help support their vision, checking in on their progress and making changes to their plan as needed. The greatest thing about our services is that it is covered by insurance, making nutrition care more accessible to a larger population.
Professional Journey
My journey started a long time ago when I thought I wanted to become a medical doctor. I studied music and pre-medicine at New York University. After graduating, I didn’t feel as passionate about medicine as I thought I would, so I took some time off doing clinical research at Northwestern University. While I have loved food and wellness my entire life, it wasn’t until this time that I realized the gap in knowledge about nutrition among so much of the population. Combined with misinformation on the internet and social media, it seemed like most people I knew had a very poor understanding of what a balanced diet was. I earned my master’s degree in nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago, where I also did my dietetic internship across a wide variety of rotation settings, all while teaching group fitness classes and keeping up with endurance running. I see myself as a liaison for nutrition education, translating evidence-based research into comprehensible bites of knowledge.
One thing that makes me unique in the profession is that I am legally blind and have a juvenile-onset form of macular degeneration, but I found that nutrition was not only my passion but also a career path where I could be very successful without limits despite my disability.
