Biography:
Chimene Castor, Ph.D., EdD, RDN, LDN, CHES, FAND is an Associate Professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences in the College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences at Howard University. She is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist(RDN) with 20 years of experience working in hospitals, Nursing homes, and the community. She is also a certified health education specialist (CHES), Diabetes Prevention Lifestyle Coach, and Advanced Certified Telehealth Professional (ACTTP). She specialized in the prevention of pre-diabetes and management of diabetes and diabetes-related complications in Black women. She worked in several countries to address nutritional health, such as South Africa, Kenya, Jamaica, Haiti, Tobago, Senegal, Ghana, Benin, and Togo. She is the founder of Sowing Seeds Inc. non-profit organization working to provide nutrition and educational support to children in Haiti and Kenya. She is also the owner of Complete Nutrition Therapy and Counseling, LLC. Her mission is to provide comprehensive nutritional education using a plan-based approach to healing chronic health diseases