One of the greatest privileges of my work is witnessing my clients and past clients step into meaningful leadership and bring forward work that has the power to shape how we live, nourish ourselves, and care for the world around us.
This series, Movement Makers in Action, is a reflection of that.
Today, I’m honored to highlight Sherry Hess, who is bringing forward powerful work within the Food Is Medicine movement.
In my work, we define what I call a One Message for the World—a thought leadership declaration that a woman is here to lead with.
Sherry’s is this:
“Flavor is food’s language to your body—understanding flavor heals you and the planet.”
Her work has been a lifelong path. She has worked across every aspect of the food space, from culinary to nutrition to soil and ecological systems, bringing a deep understanding of how food is grown, prepared, and experienced.
At the center of her work is something many people have lost connection to. Taste is a nutritional guidance system. When we understand flavor, we can shift away from overconsumption of nutrient-depleted foods and move toward more nourishing choices that support both our health and the health of the planet.
The food world is becoming more aware of the ways food quality has diminished through industrial agriculture and ultra-processing. Her work expands that conversation by reconnecting us to our human experience of taste and what it is telling us about the food we consume.
Her work is gaining momentum with brands, farmers, and soil health-focused organizations, as relationships continue to grow within this movement.
Her vision is to shift how we understand our food system and the nutritional impact it has on our bodies and the world around us.
Sherry is driving meaningful change in how we understand food, health, and our connection to the planet. She is widely recognized for her leadership across culinary, nutrition, and soil health.
She speaks to the potential for meaningful change. Greater demand for food that is grown and raised in environmentally supportive ways. A deeper understanding of the role humans play in caring for the planet. And a renewed connection to the nutritional integrity of the food within our agricultural systems.
She is about to complete her nutrition certification, which pairs with her culinary training and lifelong pursuit of a flavorful organic garden. Her work brings awareness to a critical shift in how we understand taste, not simply as preference, but as a biological function that connects us to the quality and nutritional content of our food.
Her work is deeply empowering, both individually and environmentally.
I’m continually inspired by the clients and past clients I have the privilege to work with and witness as they step into their next level of authority and influence.
You can learn more about Sherry’s work here.
Sherry is a TEDx Breckenridge speaker and an NTI Nutrition Master Therapist (2026).
More Movement Makers in Action stories coming soon — celebrating the clients and past clients who are shaping what comes next.
