It’s almost a prerequisite of living in a small town that if someone doesn’t know you personally, they’ll ask who you belong to & you can almost guarantee they know your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents once you start delving into your family tree!

So this is a snapshot of who the woman is behind that ever so nourishing advice!

Being born & raised in Cohuna, I swore black & blue I’d move away from the small town scene as soon as I could. I took off to Melbourne to complete my university degree at Deakin (Burwood) and it didn’t take long for me to change my tune & start wishing the time away for me to move back regional!

Four & a half years later, a Bachelor of Food & Nutrition Science and a Master of Dietetics under my belt, I am finally able to pursue my passion of increasing dietetic services to regional & rural areas – we all deserve the best access to optimal health & wellbeing!

I’m often recognised by my many years floating in & out of Cohuna Betta Home Living and then more permanently over the border when my parents opened Barham Betta – cogs are turning as to who I belong to now! I graduated from my Master of Dietetics in July 2021, a similar time the businesses were sold, which meant I needed to get myself into gear and start paving my way with my new career. Covid-19 has completely changed the face of health care & it made me more confident that I did not want to be working in a hospital/clinical setting, but be able to provide services to the member of the community.

I’m a lover of the outdoors, sunshine, adventure, Christmas, a good platter, catching up with my family, the underrated combo of almonds and chocolate & my dogs (those 3 cherubs have become well known around Cohuna due to being spoilt with daily walks!). You could say the festive season is one of my favourite times of year because I get to combine all my favourite things & make memories to see out what is always another year ‘that flew by’!

… Anyway, enough about me! Scroll on down to see how I can upscale your nutrition knowledge to be not only improve your nutritional health, but overall wellbeing!