Lily Correa is a registered dietitian passionate about plant-based nutrition. She firmly believes that the kitchen is the greatest place to promote optimal health and wellness. Lily graduated from Loma Linda University in California, where she obtained a master’s degree in public health, with a concentration in nutrition. During her first year as an RD, she developed and led Loma Linda University’s first nutrition-focused mission trip for dietetics students to Pena Blanca, Honduras—a trip she still leads today. She also helped develop and launch Kaiser Permanente’s flagship weight management programHealthy Balance. Shehelped to translate this program into Spanish and facilitated the first Spanish language group in the Southern California Region. During her time at Kaiser, Lily was the co-lead dietitian for the demonstration kitchen at the outpatient clinic, where she developed a culinary curriculum for plant-based cooking classes for patients and staff. Lily completed culinary arts studies at the Natural Gourmet Institute, helped develop and launch Bellevue Hospital’s Plant-Based Lifestyle Medicine Program, and has presented on topics of nutrition and lifestyle medicine at numerous academic conferences and community-based organizations in both English and Spanish. She is a Diplomate of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine. Follow her on Instagram.