OUR MISSION
Food Saved Me Institute's (FSMI) mission is to take complicated nutrition research, simplify it, and bring it to the community. Your donations help provide hope and actionable strategies to raise awareness in communities on how to prevent sickness and diseases.
FSMI is an approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization established in November 2022 who helps others live longer, healthier lives. with ongoing nutrition education.
Food Saved Me Institute currently has over 115 certified nutrition instructors in 13 countries. In FSMI's first year, we taught 500 nutrition classes reaching 30,000 students and providing over 60,000 free meals to families.
OUR FSMI TEAM
KATHERINE LAWRENCE
KATHERINE LAWRENCE
KATHERINE LAWRENCE
Founder & Master Nutritionist
Katherine Lawrence is a globally recognized nutritionist with more than 17 years of experience teaching nutrition for disease prevention and is a Board Certified Autism Specialist (BCAS). In addition to certifications from Stanford Medicine in Nutrition Science and Cornell University in Plant-Based Nutrition,
Founder & Master Nutritionist
Katherine Lawrence is a globally recognized nutritionist with more than 17 years of experience teaching nutrition for disease prevention and is a Board Certified Autism Specialist (BCAS). In addition to certifications from Stanford Medicine in Nutrition Science and Cornell University in Plant-Based Nutrition, she has worked personally for Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Neal Barnard, featuring her story in several of Dr. Barnard’s books.
While working as an aerospace engineer in 2006, Katherine was diagnosed with stage 4 endometriosis, ovarian and uterine cysts. She was told there was no cure for her condition, that she was completely infertile, and that a total hysterectomy was the only solution. Through complete dietary transformation, she was able to reverse her condition and go on to have three healthy boys. After this remarkable recovery, Katherine uprooted her life and became dedicated to bringing the power of nutrition to the masses.
Katherine has taught nutrition classes in person to over 20,000 students in North Texas. Starting in 2015, she built a multi-million-dollar direct sales business using the nutrition classes she created. She perfectly balanced educating as many people as possible on plant-based nutrition and having a sustainable business model to support this mission. Her knack for creating exciting and engaging classes has inspired many to change the trajectory of their health journey, with some of her most popular class topics being Sleep, Sex, Food Addiction, and more.
Earlier this year, she shifted her focus to educating others on how to do the same for themselves and how to help spread the message of WFPB nutrition while building a successful business. She founded Food Saved Me Institute, where a Certified Nutrition Instructor program is offered globally. In the program, students receive complete turn-key class curriculums, including customized class handouts, promotions, marketing strategy, teaching instruction, and all the invaluable lessons Katherine has learned to maximize effective teaching and how to introduce a product or service to support it.
Click here to see Katherine's Media, Partners & Publishing credits.
DANA THORNBURG
KATHERINE LAWRENCE
KATHERINE LAWRENCE
Executive Director & Marketing Strategist
Dana Thornburg is a global marketing executive with over 17 years experience in leading marketing strategies to help drive growth and expand brand awareness using creative solutions that are both innovative and engaging. She has won multiple awards in the marketing and direct sales categories for d
Executive Director & Marketing Strategist
Dana Thornburg is a global marketing executive with over 17 years experience in leading marketing strategies to help drive growth and expand brand awareness using creative solutions that are both innovative and engaging. She has won multiple awards in the marketing and direct sales categories for digital innovation, creative customer journeys, rebranding companies, and excellence in project management.
Prior to FSMI, Dana was the Global Brand Strategy Director who led Saladmaster’s first brand transformation initiative in over 75 years that redefined the brand positioning, architecture, communication plan, and launch event. She also drove the strategic shift in the company's communications, established and launched Saladmaster's first digital marketing strategy to transform the business model into an omni-channel digital space, and developed the company’s first corporate social responsibility strategy that is currently helping to build a positive business reputation globally.
Dana also worked for Mary Kay Corporate, where she held various marketing and sales roles from Social Media and PR Strategist to Digital Innovation to Global Integrated Brand Marketing.
Dana is also a certified Holistic Health Coach from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition who changed her outlook on nutrition in 2016 while staying at home with her two sons. She joined Food Saved Me Institute to marry her passion for nutrition and marketing to help make a difference in local communities and to see how many lives FSMI can change with proper nutrition education.
She holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts & Science from the University of North Texas with fields of study in marketing, public affairs & community service.
OUR PROGRAMS
NUTRITION & COOKING CLASSES
GLOBAL NUTRITION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
GLOBAL NUTRITION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
FSMI offers multiple nutrition classes in-person through our Certified Nutrition Instructors. Each class brings awareness to vital health information & disease preventative methods in local communities. FSMI will also be offering nutrition classes online soon!
GLOBAL NUTRITION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
GLOBAL NUTRITION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
GLOBAL NUTRITION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Our global Certified Business Building & Nutrition Program is a 3-day training that educates on how to build your nutritionist business through evidence-based science, expert marketing strategies, and multiple, turn-key "ready-to-teach" programs after graduation.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
GLOBAL NUTRITION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
FSMI partners with many organizations to provide ongoing nutrition education support through company wellness programs, hospitals and care centers, healthcare providers, school districts & more. Connect with us to learn how we can help educate your organization!
Your Donations Help Provide Hope for Disease Prevention
Your donation helps FSMI to bring nutrition information, free meals & classes to underserved communities, specialized prevention classes for women on ovarian & breast cancer, nutrition classes for parents with children with ASD & ADHD, developing classes online, and so much more!
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Your generosity helps us bring nutrition science & disease prevention information to local communities to help others live longer, healthier lives. Thank you for helping us share our mission!