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Veronica Diaz R.D., C.D.E.
Nutrition Director
Diaz holds a bachelor of science in exercise science and a bachelor of science in human nutrition from the University of Illinois at Chicago (U.I.C.) and is currently employed as a certified diabetes educator and dietitian in the diabetes center of Swedish Covenant Hospital in Chicago, Ill. As a registered dietitian, a certified diabetes educator, and an exercise physiologist, Diaz realizes that her knowledge is an asset to those with diabetes. Her expertise includes intensive diabetes management, weight management, sports nutrition, personal fitness training and television media experience. Diaz plans on continuing her education this fall to pursue a master of science in exercise science, and will pursue further investigation of diabetes and exercise
Diaz’s decision to pursue the nutrition and exercise sciences came right out of her own active background. She’s an avid runner, basketball and soccer player. Sport has always been a part of her life, and through experience, she came to find out that proper nutrition is an integral addition.
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