2/5/2026 – Moving Forward Faster with ABD Member Karine Nissim

Grief and growth speaker Karine Nissim shares a simple, science-informed formula for optimized healing that helps you navigate whatever life throws your way—personally or professionally. Through story, teaching, and a hands-on mini workshop, you’ll explore tools for post‑traumatic growth, reframing challenges, and moving forward faster in seasons like divorce, loss, career change, and parenting transitions.

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4/25/25 – Feeding Tweens and Teen Athletes: A Discussion with Monica Moreno, MS, RDN, Essence Nutrition

Monica Moreno, MS, RDN is the founder of Essence Nutrition, where she oversees private client work, corporate wellness programming, speaking engagements, non-private client nutrition consulting services, school wellness programming, media opportunities, and marketing. She was the dietitian for the Miami Marlins, is the visiting dietitian specialist at Ocean Reef Resort and Club and is also an adjunct professor in the graduate Dietetics and Nutrition program at Florida International University.

In her community in Miami, she is a member of the Junior League of Miami, serves on the advisory board of Teen Health 101, is the Diversity Liaison for the Florida Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, and is a past co-chair and current board member of Jewish Community Services of South Florida’s Young Alliance.

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