Asha McElroy, MPH, RDN, LDN  was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. Her teaching experience is rooted in the intersectionality of urban agriculture and designing culturally sensitive nutrition education for African American communities as a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN). Asha developed her interest in studying cultural humility and sensitivity through her training in Family and Consumer Sciences (food and nutritional science, B.S., North Carolina A & T SU ‘20), as well as Public Health Science (nutritional science and dietetics, University of Michigan ‘23). Her training propelled her interest in improving health outcomes for communities of color through nutrition education programming.