Michelle Beadle Holder, PhD

Michelle is the founder of Food at the Center. She is a medical sociologist and former college professor who was inspired by her mother’s determination to take charge of her health and life through food. Michelle used the framework of mindfulness to teach undergraduates at the University of Maryland. She has also used mindfulness to develop programs to improve the health and well-being of Black or African American women and their loved ones. Michelle was born in Jamaica and currently resides in Columbia, Maryland.