Steered towards healthier living as a teen after visiting her health-guru father's operating room to observe fat-clogged arteries
Lobbied for healthier food at her high-school cafeteria
Authored The Dorm Room Diet while attending Princeton, followed up by Relish: An Adventure in Food, Style and Everyday Fun, which made the New York Times Bestseller list
Graduated from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition and The Natural Gourmet Institute
Serves as an ambassador for HealthCorps, a non-profit organization she helped found in 2003