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Dalia Rodriguez
Nutritionist

My goal is for you to make changes that will enhance your lifestyle โ€” not feel pressured to alter it completely.

Community NutritionDiabetesCulturally-Relevant GuidanceWICMeal & Snack Balancing

Get to Know Dalia

Dalia’s Story

๐ŸŽ“ Clinical Background

Dalia completed her MS in Nutritional Science at California State University, Long Beach and spent three years as a community health worker in the field of community nutrition โ€” conducting grocery tours and cooking demonstrations for local families and providing education to families with overweight children. For the past four years, she has worked as a degreed nutritionist at Antelope Valley Hospital's WIC program, offering nutrition instruction and presentations. Her background is rooted in meeting people where they are.

๐Ÿ’ก Why Dalia Chose This Work

This work resonates with Dalia personally. Many of her close friends and relatives live with long-term conditions like diabetes. Working at Gojji has given her the tools to help not just the patients on her caseload, but the people closest to her โ€” and to close the gap for patients who receive little or no meaningful dietary education through the standard healthcare system.

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Something You Might Not Expect About Dalia

Dalia's two passions outside of work are crocheting and international travel. One keeps her hands busy and her mind calm; the other feeds her curiosity about different cultures, cuisines, and ways of living โ€” which often finds its way into how she connects with patients from diverse backgrounds.

Training & Credentials

The Qualifications Behind the Care

Your Care with Dalia

What Working With Dalia Looks Like

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Scheduled Within 30 Days

Your Nutrition Coaching Session

Personalized to Your Condition

Your first session with Dalia is a real conversation โ€” not a generic handout. She'll learn about your diet, your daily routine, your cultural food preferences, and what changes have already been hard. Nothing is off the table.

Together, you'll build one simple, achievable goal tailored to your specific condition and your real life โ€” something you can actually follow between now and your next session.

Come prepared withA sense of what a typical day of eating looks like for you, foods you've been told to avoid (and whether that's been realistic), your most recent labs, and any questions about your diet.
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What Dalia Can Do For You

Beyond What You Might Expect

Most patients don't realize that a Gojji nutritionist can offer you practical dietary guidance tailored to your culture and your meals. Dalia focuses on helping you balance proteins and carbohydrates at each meal and snack using foods that are already familiar to you โ€” not a foreign meal plan that doesn't reflect how you actually eat.

This includesCulturally relevant meal and snack guidance, Protein and carbohydrate balancing, Community nutrition education, WIC and family nutrition programs, Blood glucose stabilization through food choices
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What a Successful Session Feels Like

The Goal Every Time

For Dalia, success looks like a patient realizing they're making real progress toward blood glucose stabilization โ€” and feeling the joy and relief that comes with it. When patients report feeling less frustrated and less powerless, and say that their quality of life is actually getting better, that is everything.

You'll leave withOne specific, realistic goal tailored to your life. A clear reason why it matters for your condition. And the confidence that progress โ€” not perfection โ€” is exactly enough.

The Partnership

My Commitment to You

What Dalia Asks of You

Your Part in This

Dalia asks for dedication and responsibility. She needs patients to take their goals seriously and to show up committed โ€” even when the goals are simple. Especially when they are.

What Dalia Promises in Return

The Commitment Back to You

In return, Dalia commits to doing everything in her power to guide and instruct her patients โ€” meeting them where they are, with patience, and without judgment.