About

NICOLE DIDIO JOHNSON, MFA, CHHC, Co-Founder, Lead Creative, & Health Coach holds an MFA in design and technology and a BFA in painting. She’s an adjunct professor of art and design at Parsons, and a 15 year veteran of the NYC advertising design industry. She graduated from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition and is a practicing Holistic Health Coach.

After fielding countless questions about who designed and created her Enlightened Table website, newsletter, graphics, etc., Nicole had a flash of insight. She realized that she could use her digital expertise as a bridge to assist other wellness professionals actualize their vision with focused marketing and innovative design.  As a Health Coach, Nicole helps women liberate themselves to create a life they love. As a designer, she helps wellness professionals elevate their practices to create something that is reflective of their values and brings them closer to their dreams.

MIKE MARINELLI, Digital Marketing Strategist and WordPress Developer, wields the coding and other fanciful techie things that most of us run from. He’s the fellow that builds the foundations for our rock-solid sites. Over the past 15 years, Mike has honed his marketing skills while working for major advertising agencies, networks and local tv and non-profits.

He’s also the zen guru who leads us through the wild west of Social Media with slow, easy breaths. He makes it an art form of simplicity and grace.

Mike’s also an Institute for Integrative Nutrition Graduate. The Healthy Design compliments his vision for bringing his expertise to the playing field of the rapidly expanding wellness industry.

BRIAN FERDMAN, Writer was raised in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, home to a disproportionate number of poet laureates and trees. He now resides in Astoria, Queens. His health regimen involves breathing very deeply as he is big fan of oxygen, though he would like to cut out that sweet, delicious sugar. He is primarily interested in doing as much as humanly possible and getting the most out of every day. He loves eating adventurous food, swing dancing, writing, gardening, and live music.

TONYA CHERIE HEGAMIN, M.F.A., Writer, is the award-winning author of Most Loved In All The World, M+O 4EVR and Pemba’s Song; she is also an Instructor and Creative Writing Coordinator at CUNY Medgar Evers College. Having struggled with food allergies since birth, compulsive eating since she was 15, and being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at age 30, Tonya has always sought authenticity through food and cooking. Her dream is to help others gain self-awareness and self-worth through healthy eating.