Tina is a Vietnamese American Registered Dietitian and Diabetes Care and Education Specialist currently working as the Assistant Director of the Dietetics Coordinated Program and an Instructor at the University of IL Chicago (UIC). She was also the Illinois Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (IAND) President for the 2022-2023 year, IAND’s past Diversity Liaison, IAND’s Young Registered Dietitian of the Year 2019, a Chicago AND Past-President, and a member of the Diabetes DPG and Nutrition and Dietetics Educator and Preceptors DPG. Prior to her work at UIC, she provided Medical Nutrition Therapy to clients who have diabetes in home health care, inpatient, and outpatient settings. Her professional passion includes advancing diversity in nutrition and dietetics, engaging with and developing leaders in the field, and interprofessional collaboration among healthcare professionals.