Miramar College alumnus wants to teach others about healthy eating
August 21, 2024 |
After graduating from culinary school at Johnson & Wales University in Denver, Tiffany Kor moved to New York City to explore the city’s vibrant restaurant scene. She landed a job at a Mediterranean-Italian eatery that was a cafe by day and fine-dining restaurant by night. Less than a year later, however, that restaurant and thousands of others shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic and Kor lost her job.
Ready for a career change, she returned to San Diego and enrolled in the Exercise and Nutritional Sciences program at San Diego Miramar College, with the goal of becoming a registered dietitian.
Kor graduated from Miramar College in 2023, and is now attending San Diego State University, working toward her bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition. She was recently elected vice president of SDSU’s Student Nutrition Organization, which aims to serve the San Diego community through nutrition education, advocacy, and philanthropic activities.
A Mira Mesa resident, Kor said Miramar College gave her the chance to start a second career.
“I really enjoyed it,” she said about the college’s program. “It was like an introduction to nutrition and the careers I can go into. I’m glad I took that route.”
In addition to becoming a dietitian, Kor is exploring careers in food science that would allow her to develop new and healthier products.
“I really like the more holistic route of nutrition,” Kor said. “I enjoy the fact that I can educate and teach other people about healthier eating habits as well as ways to heal through food.”