Jessie Linton RDN

Posted February 23, 2023

Jessie is a registered dietitian who is passionate about providing nutrition counseling to individuals with eating disorders, chronic dieters, and those wishing to improve their relationship with food and their bodies. She believes that there is no one diet for optimal health, because everyone’s nutritional, emotional and physical needs vary. She uses a non-diet approach to work with each client to build a pattern of eating that best suits their individual needs. Jessie is comfortable working with individuals with co-occurring mental health concerns like addiction, anxiety, and depression, and has personal experience with working a 12-step program. She believes that nutrition plays a vital role in recovery from mental and physical health issues, and hopes to provide a safe space for clients to feel comfortable discussing all aspects of health.

Jessie received her bachelor’s degree in Communication and Media Studies from The University of Michigan and her Post-Bachelor Certificate in Dietetics from Wayne State University. During her clinical training, Jessie completed a clinical rotation at St. John Ascension hospital, where she spent much of her time in the behavioral health unit. In addition to nutrition counseling, Jessie has experience in long-term care, food service and adolescent eating disorder recovery programs.

Outside of helping her clients, Jessie loves spending time with her friends and family. She enjoys staying active with running, dancing and attending live music events, but also loves staying home curled up with her cat and a good book. Book recommendations are always welcome!

Alessandra Kershaw RDN

Posted February 1, 2023

Alessandra is a registered dietitian who learned at a young age the impact of nutrition after struggling with health issues.  Alessandra incorporates functional nutrition and root cause analysis to dig deep into what is going on, taking a whole client approach. She combines this approach with intuitive eating and the Health at Every Size philosophy. Alessandra meets her clients where they are and helps them to find ways to build on what they are doing well while filling in the gaps to get them where they want to go. Alessandra takes pride in supporting her clients as they embark on their health and wellness journey through thoughtful conversation, education, and barrier exploration.  

Alessandra received her bachelor’s degree from Syracuse University, where she also completed her clinical training.  She is also a Health Coach, certified by the National Health Coaching Society. She is currently pursuing a board certification in Integrative and Functional Nutrition.  

Prior to joining Healthier Tomorrows, Alessandra worked in a variety of outpatient settings, where she worked with clients diagnosed with disordered eating, chronic kidney disease, pediatric and adolescent nutrition, GI concerns, and other health conditions. 

Alessandra loves spending time with her husband, her son, and her two dogs, Maverick and Molly.   She enjoys running, cooking, traveling, gardening, and hiking.  Alessandra is excited to provide virtual nutrition education, counseling, and support! 

Loni Pereszlenyi MS, RDN, LD

Posted September 21, 2022

Loni Pereszlenyi, MS, RDN, LD is a registered dietitian with a great passion for supporting her clients as they navigate their own personal journeys toward healthier, more peaceful relationships with food and the body. Although Loni has outpatient experience in many areas of medical nutrition and nutrition counseling, she truly feels most impactful when working with clients that struggle with eating disorders or disordered eating behaviors. Loni knows that all clients come in at different levels of readiness and motivation to approach a healthier relationship with food. Loni strives to meet her clients at their starting points, working to provide individualized, goal-oriented, compassionate care throughout the client-dietitian relationship.

Loni holds two undergraduate degrees from West Chester University of Pennsylvania – a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies and a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics. Additionally, she holds a minor in psychology, and has a strong interest in the intersection of nutrition and mental health. She completed her dietetic training concurrently with her Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics at St. Louis University.

A lifelong resident of the Philadelphia area, Loni enjoys spending her free time cooking, baking, reading, and exploring new restaurants with her fiancé. Oh, and OF COURSE, cheering on her beloved Phillies, Eagles, and 76ers!!

Natalie Stine RD

Posted August 2, 2022

Natalie Stine, RD is a registered dietitian with a passion for helping clients who are struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating behavior. She strives to help clients move toward a more peaceful relationship with food, body acceptance and trust, and integrating movement in an intuitive and joyful way. Natalie is Health at Every Size (HAES) and Intuitive Eating aligned in her philosophies around food and bodies, and is currently working toward becoming a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. Her approach to counseling prioritizes walking alongside her clients as opposed to pushing or pulling them to a specific external health destination.

Before joining Healthier Tomorrows, Natalie worked with clients struggling with eating disorders at higher levels of care. She has experience at the partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels of care with adolescent and adult patients with all types of eating disorder diagnoses. Natalie also has experience working in sports performance nutrition with professional, collegiate, and high school athletes.

Natalie received her Bachelor of Science in Dietetics at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She completed her dietetic internship at Adagio Health, a non-profit organization in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

In her free time, Natalie loves weightlifting, watching reality TV shows, and spending time with her husband and son.

Anna Kreiser MS, RDN, LDN

Posted June 6, 2022

Anna Kreiser is a registered and licensed dietitian whose goal is to help her clients find peace with food and learn to nourish themselves to live fully. Anna feels strongly that food is fuel first, but also serves a purpose of social and cultural connection, fun and pleasure. Knowing that every individual comes with their own history and experience with food, she strives to support her clients by meeting them where they are. and helping them reach their individual goals.

Before joining Healthier Tomorrows, Anna worked with clients struggling with eating disorders at higher levels of care. She has experience at the residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels of care with child, adolescent, and adult patients with all types of eating disorder diagnoses.

Anna received both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in nutrition and dietetics from Northern Illinois University. During her master’s program, she completed a special certificate program in eating disorders.

In her free time, Anna loves cooking and baking with her family, going for walks with her dog, listening to audiobooks, and traveling whenever she can.

Grace Otum RDN

Posted March 28, 2022

Grace is a registered and licensed dietitian who enjoys helping people develop and maintain a healthy relationship with food.  She empowers people to move away from fad diets and diet culture to a more intuitive and mindful way of eating.  She takes an individualized approach with each client to help them achieve their nutritional goals. Additionally, being Nigerian-born and Houston-raised, Grace has had the opportunity to work with  people from various backgrounds.  She believes that healthy living does not have to exclude traditional foods. 

Grace received her Bachelor’s of Science in Human Food and Nutrition from the University of Houston.  She went on to complete her dietetic internship through Marywood University with a focus on mental health and nutrition.  She began her career working in behavioral hospitals and helping patients make the connection between their nutritional and mental health.  Grace has extensive experience using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help those struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating on their road to recovery.

In her free time, Grace loves traveling nationally and internationally, reading, and playing with her pups. She is fluent in her native tongue – Igbo – and is currently learning French!

 

Lauren Oakes MBA, RDN, LDN

Posted July 30, 2021

Lauren is a registered dietitian who is passionate about helping her clients develop and maintain a healthy relationship with food.  Lauren incorporates intuitive eating and the Health at Every Size philosophy into her nutrition counseling, and she strives to create an upbeat and positive atmosphere when working with her clients.  Lauren takes pride in supporting her clients as they create more balanced lifestyles and focus on being flexible and adaptable in order to recognize the power of food to create positive change in their lives.

Lauren received her bachelor’s degree from Madonna University and completed her clinical training at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak, MI.  She also received her MBA at Walsh College.  Prior to joining Healthier Tomorrows, Lauren worked in an outpatient setting where she worked with adolescents diagnosed with eating disorders, as well as anxiety, depression, GI concerns, and other health conditions.

Lauren loves spending time with her two dogs, Pepper and Murray, and her husband.  She enjoys cooking, traveling, golfing, and hiking.  Lauren enjoys providing virtual nutrition education, counseling, and support!

Ana Pruteanu MS, RDN, LDN, CEDRD-S

Posted January 30, 2019

Ana is a registered dietitian nutritionist who works in partnership with her clients to create a non-judgmental environment that fosters change. She believes in helping others redefine their relationship with food and their bodies. Ana’s personal nutrition philosophy is living fully, nourishing our bodies, and finding pleasure in food and movement. She provides weight-neutral nutrition guidance and medical nutrition therapy to help each client achieve their health and wellness goals. Ana has worked extensively with clients struggling with disordered eating, eating disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders. Her other areas of focus include selective eating and food aversions. Ana is skilled in leading food exposures to support clients in expanding the foods they eat.

In her role as Clinical Development Director, Ana designs and leads professional trainings and provides individual and group supervision to other dietitians, including those pursuing the CEDS certification.

Ana received her Master’s degree from Northern Illinois University and her Bachelor’s degree from Abilene Christian University. She completed an accredited dietetic internship through Northern Illinois University. Ana holds the Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS-S) certification through the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) and is an iaedp approved Supervisor.

In her free time Ana enjoys being outside, traveling, and tending to her ever-growing plant collection.

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