With over a decade of professional stage and screen experience and memberships in the major performing unions (AEA and SAG-AFTRA), Malina shines when speaking to groups large or small. The combination of her warmth, performing talent, nutrition expertise and passion for connecting with people produces engaging and informative keynotes, presentations, workshops, webinars, podcasts and media appearances.

Malina is also a nationally recognized media spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and regularly appears and is quoted as a nutrition expert in television spots, radio shows, articles, podcasts and documentaries.

She completed her graduate degree in Clinical Nutrition at New York University and her dietetic internship at the Bronx VA Hospital, where she subsequently worked as an outpatient weight loss and bariatric surgery dietitian. With two undergraduate degrees in Vocal Performance and Comparative Literature from Northwestern University, she has earned the Commission on Dietetic Registration’s two certificates of training in adult weight management. Malina is a mom of three young children, and currently lives in Westchester County, NY.