Indigenous Food and Health in Southwest Colorado

This is a story product from Colorado Equity Compass (CEC) Awardee: Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center (SWCAHEC). Chelsie Begoody is working to promote traditional indigenous foods in Southwestern Colorado in order to increase access to healthy foods and the related positive health effects. According to Chelsie, her "work has allowed her to expand on the field of Nutrition, by offering education trainings around food insecurity specifically with AI/AN populations, while exploring Indigenous food knowledge and applying it to useful resources that connect food and health. All this work is promoting diversity in the health workforce because it builds upon that connection piece- students may feel more influenced and inclined to enter a field that is relatable and addresses the communities they come from."