Target Audience

This course is is designed to support working in food access, food security, and nutrition education such as:

  • Registered Dietitians & Nutrition Professionals

  • Nutrition Educators at non-profits, or federal/state/local government agencies

  • Community Health Workers

  • ECE & School Nutrition Professionals

Course Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to...

  • DEFINE

    the goals of cultural competence in nutrition education and explain why it is for positive health outcomes

  • IDENTIFY

    ways personal beliefs, values, biases, prejudices, and stereotypes promote or hinder cultural competence in your nutrition education delivery

  • DISCUSS

    the difference between transactional community engagement and transformative community engagement

  • LIST

    a tool that can help me assess individual cultural competency in a nutrition education intervention I am designing

  • FORMULATE

    action items item that can further promote cultural humility at your organization or practice

Course Curriculum Overview

    1. Description & Objectives

    2. About Me, My Perspective, and Land Connection

    3. Community Introduction

    4. Positionality, Housekeeping & Course Norms

    1. Food and Connection

    2. Activity: Reflect and Share

    3. Food is the Backbone of Culture

    4. Chapter 1 Key Takeways

    1. Social Identities and their Proximity to Power

    2. Activity Instructions

    3. Chapter 2 Key Takeaways

    1. Activity: Reflect and Respond

    2. Chapter 3 Key Takeaways

    1. Chapter 4 Key Takeways

    1. Course Summary

    2. Incorporating Sustainability & Accountability

    3. Activity: Action Planning

About this course

  • 22 lessons

What's Included?

This course is designed using evidence-based pedagogy and andragogy to facilitate self-paced adult learning. You get the following when you enroll:

  • 3 CEUs (Must attend live facilitated session or watch recordings)

  • Self Paced Slides with Audio Recordings

  • Supplemental Resources & Activities

  • A virtual community message board where you can ask questions, share resources, and talk to other enrolled students

  • BONUS CONTENT including recorded interviews with subject matter experts, recommended readings, videos, podcasts, resources, and more!

  • 120 day access to all course materials

About our Tiered Pricing Model

Embody Lib prioritizes making our courses financially accessible to higher-weight, queer, Black, and Indigenous people of marginalized genders. While there will be a limited number of scholarships offered to those with the greatest financial need, course are priced according to a Tiered Pricing Model. (See below)

Pricing options

Embody Lib prioritizes making our courses accessible to those with systemically marginalized identities and are in financial need. Embody Lib trusts that those who enroll move with integrity and will select the tier that applies best to them.

Meet the Instructor

Patrilie Hernandez

Patrilie Hernandez (they/she) has nearly 15 years of professional experience which has shaped their understanding of how the pursuit of "health" seamlessly intersects with the built environment, equity, and social justice. After initially working in the restaurant industry in both back and front of the house for over five years, they redirected their love for food to nutrition education, anti-hunger advocacy, and policymaking around food access and food justice. Since then, Patrilie’s interest in nutrition has broadened to working to address the other social determinants of health that influence individual and community well-being. Patrilie combines her academic background in culinary arts, anthropology, nonprofit management, and nutrition and works as a consultant, partnering with medical, healthcare, and education providers to integrate weight-inclusive, interdisciplinary, and multi-dimensional strategies that improve the health of historically marginalized populations.