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Meli is dedicated to creating integrative and functional strategies that help others feel their best. Her specialties include metabolic health, energy, mood, performance, fitness nutrition, and digestive health.

Originally from Caracas, Venezuela, with an Italian Peruvian background, she is known for her charismatic and motivating personality, is passionate about helping individuals achieve their wellness goals, and is a forward-thinking and compassionate visionary.

Meli holds a Master's in Clinical Nutrition and is a nationally board-licensed CNS (Certified Nutrition Specialist). She holds a NASM Personal Trainer and multiple functional training certifications, as well as an AFAA Group Exercise Specialist certification with over 20 group fitness specialty certifications.

Her work in the fitness industry spans across well-renowned fitness facilities and corporate companies like Apple, Google, Amazon, and SCAD. One of her greatest achievements is working as a choreographer and convention presenter in the dance fitness world for Zumba Fitness. Her corporate wellness and nutrition programs have enriched many lives in healthcare, such as Kaiser Permanente. A few years ago, she extended her work virtually by serving the Bold community and hosting multiple seminars and workshops for the fitness and wellness industry.

Meli has taught over 600+ instructor workshops worldwide in the Dance Fitness arena and hosted over 5,000+ live-stream fitness and wellness classes. Her energy is contagious, and she loves to learn and study the human body.

When she is not studying, she can be found cuddling with her Havanese pup Blueberry, or dancing alone in the middle of her living room!

Her motto:

Let me help you thrive!

Meet Meli

My Specialty:

  • Gut Health
    Bloating

  • Anxiety
    Burnout & Fatigue
    Chronic Fatigue
    Cognitive Health

  • Adrenals, Liver, Thyroid Health Autoimmunity
    Blood Sugar Disorders
    Weight Loss Resistance

  • Sports and Team Specific
    Active Lifestyle

My Process

  • Optimize Nutrition

    My approach is food first as a primary intervention but also supplementation to fill in the gaps if needed

  • Functional Testing

    When requested or needed
    Test available: DUTCH hormone and cortisol test, GI Map, Food Sensitivity

  • Support Microbiome Health

    Gut health is fundamental to whole-body health. We will go into a deep dive in supporting your unique microbiome

  • Lifestyle Behaviors

    Movement, fitness, stress management, sleep patterns, self-image work and mindset

Sports + Performance Specific

Nutrition and lifestyle behaviors play a BIG ROLE in an athlete’s life. My work is defining the athlete’s needs, observing lifestyle and training load, developing an evidence-based personalized nutrition, behavior, and mindset plan, and executing and adapting to maximize performance.

Made for Athletes and Active Individuals

"Meli provided me with all the information and tools I needed to make better decisions about my health and well-being. I highly recommend her.

Juan Carlos Corzantes
California

Corporate Workshops

Are you interested in helping your company adopt healthy habits and behaviors? My Nutrition Workshops are specifically designed to achieve this goal. The workshops are easy to follow and learn, and they can increase the success rate of employees in implementing positive behaviors in their busy lives. Bring the gift of health to your company!

Current & Previous Clients

“It was enlightening to know how to the basics of nutrition and have a guide to use in our daily lives”

— Miguel, Kaiser Permanente

Workshops Available

Accreditations

THE TITLES
CNS
Certified Nutrition Specialist: American Nutrition Association
LDN Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist
NUNM Masters in Nutrition
IOPN Performance Nutritionist
NASM Certified Personal Trainer
AFAA Group Instructor

EDUCATION
IOPN | Post-Graduate Diploma Performance Nutrition, UK
FAME | Food as Medicine Educator Certification, Portland, OR
MScN Nutrition | National University of Natural Medicine, Portland OR
Bachelors | University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

ACHIEVEMENTS
17 years
of Fitness & Functional Wellness Experience
5,000+ Livestream/Virtual Classes + Workshops
600+ Choreography Sessions + Instructor Workshops (USA & International)
Content Creator, Educator & Presenter for Zumba® Instructor’s Conference for 8 YRS
Educator for Bold Summit “superfoods for brain power”
Creator of SPRK® Fitness

PROJECTS
Writer + Content Developer for Mission Care Collective
Educator
for Food As Medicine Institute
Educator Kaiser Permanente Bay Area
Educator for WITS Education
Coach for Bold & Wellness Coach
Presenter at SCW Nutrition Summit
Performance Nutritionist for Savannah Clovers FC

CONTINUING EDUCATION
Functional Nutrition Practitioner Metabolic University 2024
Institute of Functional Medicine (IFM) Conference 2024
Menopause 2.0 Course Stacy Sims 2023
The Female Athlete Conference 2023
The American Nutrition Association Conference 2021-2022

FITNESS CERTIFICATIONS
NASM Personal Trainer, Nutrition Coach + Sports Nutrition, Women’s Health Specialist
AFAA Group Exercise
20+ Group Fitness Certifications
CPR/AED/First Aid

FITNESS AND WELLNESS FACILITIES
SCADFit, Apple, Google, FB, Amazon, FBI, Uforia Studios, Crunch Fitness, 24HR Fitness, Equinox, Gold’s Gym, LA Fitness +