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Holly Kistler works to ensure that babies in Collier County, Fla. get the best start to life as possible and educates their mothers on good nutrition.

Holly graduated from ��������Ƶ in 2009 with a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. She now works as a public health nutritionist for the Florida Department of Health, providing diet and nutrition information and counseling for clients in Collier County’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. WIC is a federal nutrition program that provides assistance to pregnant and postpartum women and their children up to age five.

She works one-on-one with clients to monitor their nutrition and overall health during pregnancy and after and helps educate them on the best foods to eat and the healthy kinds of meals they can serve children. As the supervisor in her office, which is the largest of three in Collier County, she serves about 3,000 clients.

“You just see the huge need that there is with this population of people that don’t know much about nutrition or taking care of themselves, and you feel like you are having a greater impact because any bit of information you share with them is helpful.”

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