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About LisaLisa Ota, RD, MPH, MA A Registered Dietitian with degrees in both nutrition and spirituality, Lisa is uniquely qualified to help us understand our dynamic relationship with food. In 1987, she graduated from UC Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Clinical Dietetics and received the Nutrition Sciences Departmental Citation Award. In 1990, she earned a Master’s Degree in Public Health Nutrition from UC Berkeley with High Honors. In 1996, she obtained a Master’s Degree in Culture and Creation Spirituality from Holy Names College. Lisa’s passion about the unbreakable links between food and spirituality is the result of over twenty years of academic, professional, and personal exploration. Understanding that prevention is much more efficient than treatment, Lisa has developed wellness programs for various non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, and corporations, including Safeway and Pacific Bell. She directed the first statewide distribution of UC Berkeley's The Wellness Guide to over one million English- and Spanish-speaking participants in California's Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program. Over the years, she has led over 100 grocery store tours, including one with Dr. Nancy Snyderman for KPIX Channel 5 News. Lisa is a contributing author to two recent books, The Social Cause Diet and Originally Blessed, and has recently made appearances on KGO TV’s The View from the Bay.
Lisa currently serves on The Wellness Letter Fund Advisory Committee at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. She is a member of The American Dietetic Association with participation in the following practice groups: Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, Vegetarian Nutrition, Food and Culinary Professional. She is a member of the Slow Food Movement and is currently working on documentary with Thomas McNamee, author of Alice Waters and Chez Panisse. Wanting to share JuicePlus+ with as many people as possible, and having just begun her distributorship with NSA in November 2007, Lisa is currently a POB qualified Sales Coordinator with a large and growing team of front line distributors. Lisa is a shamanic soul coach with certification from the Integrative Arts Institute. This work honors her Native American roots and supports her deep commitment to nourishing all aspects of our being. Lisa is a proud native of the San Francisco Bay Area where she resides with her family. Contact Lisa for more information. |
Education and Professional Training Bachelor of Science with High Honors
University of California, Berkeley, 1987
Master of Public Health with High HonorsNutrition and Clinical Dietetics
University of California, Berkeley, 1990
Master of ArtsPublic Health Nutrition
Holy Names College, Oakland, 1996
Registered DietitianCulture and Creation Spirituality
American Dietetic Association, 1987-present
Special Studies
Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1993-94
Seton Medical Center
Assessed, implemented, and documented nutritional care for broad spectrum of patients. Provided patient counseling with emphasis on cardiac care.
Stanford Hospital Clinical Research CenterDesigned three day research diet for a study relating carbohydrate intake to triglyceride levels in diabetics.
Doctors HospitalProvided individual dietary counseling to outpatients regarding heart disease, weight loss, diabetes and hypertension. Designed and taught nutrition classes to cardiac rehabilitation groups.
Awards & HonorsNutrition Fellowship, Better Health Foundation, San Francisco
Public Health Alumni Scholarship, University of California, Berkeley
Stacey and Walsh Awards — Honorable Mention
Lydia J. Roberts Fellowship in Public Health Nutrition, American Dietetic Association
Golden Key National Honor Society
Certificate of Appreciation, American Heart Association
Nutritional Sciences Departmental Citation Award University of California, Berkeley Cambridge Who's Who, Hall of Fame>> |
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