Jennifer Reed was a nutritionist for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for Women Infants and Children (WIC) before earning her Master’s degree. She then went to work for the University of Missouri Extension as a Nutrition Specialist and Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) coordinator for the 6 Boot Heel counties in Missouri. Mrs. Reed was also a monthly nutrition writer for the Dunklin County Newspaper. She moved onto support the Isanti Sioux Tribe in North Central Nebraska as a nutritionist for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians (SDPI). During her time on the Reservation, Mrs. Reed provided nutrition oversite for the Head Start program and the school. Mrs. Reed also wrote a grant with the CDC and along with 12 other Tribes across the country began to work on ecological and sustainable ways to reduce obesity and diabetes amongst Native Americans. Mrs. Reed joined forces with the Northern Ponca Tribe of Nebraska’s to provide a grant to help with Heart Health as it related to other chronic disease conditions like obesity and diabetes. She helped to update an old cafeteria where she would provide weekly nutrition and food demos for the tribes Circle of Youth and Circle of Elders. Mrs. Reed was then hired at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, focusing on the diabetes outpatient clinic, before taking over as the manger and educator at the Baptist Medical Group’s diabetes and pre-diabetes outpatient clinic. Here, Mrs. Reed advances the care of patients who struggle with food insecurity and has collaborated with the Mid-South Food Bank to provide boxes of food for any patient who has Medicare, Medicaid or self-pay. Mrs. Reed has also been working to provide better blood sugar control and treatment for patients who are struggling and going through cancer treatment.