Ms. Shawna Hunt B.Sc., RD graduated from Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax with a degree in Applied Human Nutrition. She has experience in both community and hospital based nutrition and while at University was integral in the development of Student Nutrition Services – a non-profit organization that offered students an opportunity to develop nutrition counseling techniques and skills. A member of the Dietitians of Canada and the College of Dietitians of Ontario Shawna is also a former sous and personal chef and she therefore adds to BMI the extraordinary and exciting combination of a dietitian with professional cooking skills. Herself a gifted athlete, Shawna competes provincially in triathlons and is currently working towards her first Ironman competition. She has also taken her interest in fitness and has combined it with her knowledge of dietetics in counseling and analyzing the diets of high performance athletes. Shawna, a highly compassionate and bright dietitian, brings to BMI a rare and exceedingly valuable approach to dietary counseling, one that relies on empathy, warmth, flexibility and understanding.