Marissa VicarioSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

With the women in wellness who inspire me, Candice Kumai (L) and Kris Carr, I take satisfaction in not just assisting my clients in adopting a healthy diet, but also in motivating them to live a life they like.

I've been featured on eHow, Shape.com, and Vital Juice as a health and cooking expert, and I'm a frequent contributor to MindBodyGreen, Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Life, Gal Time, and The Well Daily, as well as my own blog, Where I Need to Be.

In 2006, I began a love affair with whole foods nutrition after a decade and a half as a junk-food vegetarian. I'm an ardent runner and yoga practitioner with a penchant for adventure and exploring new activities.

I like traveling, skiing, and running triathlons, half-marathons, and full marathons, notably the Nautica New York City Triathlon and the ING New York City Marathon. I studied every nutritional approach from old philosophies like Ayurveda to current notions like Paleo at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition, the world's biggest nutrition school.

Mark Hyman, Joel Fuhrman, John Douillard, Deepak Chopra, Geneen Roth, Mark Sisson, David Wolfe, Kris Carr, and Candice Kumai are just a few of the wellness and nutrition experts I've studied with and been inspired by.

I have a BS in journalism from Northwestern University and an MA in marketing from New York University, and I'm certified by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners (AADP). I've attended culinary lessons at the Natural Gourmet Institute and hold a degree in Nutrition for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention from the University of California, San Francisco.

I work as the City Coordinator for the Young Female Entrepreneurs of NYC and volunteer as an Outreach Education Committee Co-chair for the New York Junior League, teaching life and wellness skills to New Yorkers in impoverished neighborhoods.