Melissa Sarabia

RD, LD, CDCES

Melissa is a licensed Registered Dietician and a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. For over twenty years she has been instrumental in providing health care and education in diabetes management to expectant mothers. 

Born and raised in New Mexico, she is proud of the rich history and cultural diversity it offers its residents and to those choosing to visit our great State. A graduate of the University of New Mexico, Melissa is bilingual in Spanish. Speaking a second language has allowed her to bridge the language gap when working with non-English speakers providing for effective communication for their healthcare needs. Her expertise in nutrition and diabetes education includes individual meal planning, medication and insulin management as well as insulin pump therapy. 

She values the opportunity to work at Piñon Perinatal and is committed to helping her patients manage and control their diabetes through self-care and by providing information, tools, and resources available in order to sustain a healthy lifestyle when living with diabetes. Healthy Mothers have Healthy Babies and it is gratifying to empower mothers with the knowledge and skills necessary for a healthy pregnancy.

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