Education: B.S. Food Science & Human Nutrition, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, M.B.A. at the Brennan School of Business at Dominican University in Chicago, Illinois

Expertise: Nutrition, Fitness

Jonathan Valdez is a registered dietitian nutritionist and certified personal trainer. He currently works counseling older adults and adults with a wide range of disease states. Valdez also runs his private practice, Genki Nutrition, specializing in nutrition communications, consulting, and wellness.

Valdez has been featured in Food Network, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Shape Magazine, Women’s Health, Eat This, Not That, Parade, Daily Mail, Forbes Health, People, and VeryWell. When he is not assuring evidence-based science is being practiced, he plays tennis, hits the gym, nerds out on Steam, catches waves in Hawai’i, or travels to another country.