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After receiving my master's in public health and nutrition from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and pursuing additional graduate studies in nutrition epidemiology at the same institution, I am currently a doctoral student in communication, rhetoric, and digital media at North Carolina State University. My research follows a critical science studies approach to food and nutrition, public health policy, and food communities and identities. My work focuses specifically on the history, effects, and implications of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans. My interest in food is not just academic; I love eating and, occasionally, cooking.

Teacher and researcher.Graduated as a Teacher of English in 1972. Later upgraded to a Licenciatura (2008). Finished a post-graduate specialization in Discourse studies in English, writing my final research at the moment. I have been teaching ESP to Food Engineering undergraduates for a about 25 years. In 2005 I started using a Genre Analysis approach. Main research interests: genre studies, cybergenres, writing in the disciplines.

I'm a rhetorically trained qualitative health researcher interested in how health professionals learn. I research team communication in health care.