Functional Nutrition Services: About Us

About Joanne

Some of the most powerful callings begin close to home.

Joanne's journey into nutrition was not born in a classroom — it was born in lived experience. Her own battles with PCOS/PMOS, digestive challenges, and navigating food sensitivities and prediabetes within her family gave her something no textbook could: a deep, personal understanding of what it feels like to search for answers and come up empty. That journey led her from health coaching into the world of functional and holistic nutrition, where she found not just a career, but a calling.

Today, Joanne holds advanced training in digestive health, cardiometabolic nutrition, and functional nutrition assessment — equipping her with the tools to go beyond surface-level symptoms and address the root nutritional factors driving how you feel

She Gets It. Because She Has Lived It.

If you have been dealing with bloating, fatigue, heartburn, acid reflux, constipation, diarrhea, gut microbiome imbalance, high cholesterol, hypertension, or prediabetes — and you are exhausted from white-knuckling your way through restrictive diets and dead-end solutions — Joanne wants you to know: there is another way.

Through functional lab review, muscle testing, Quantum Nutrition Testing, whole food-based nutrition, and targeted supplementation, Joanne identifies exactly where your body needs support and builds fully personalized nutrition plans around your life, your goals, and your unique biology. No rigid plans. No cookie-cutter programs. Just real, root-cause care designed to help you feel like yourself again.

A Practice Rooted in Faith & Science

Joanne approaches her work with a profound conviction that the human body was beautifully and intentionally designed by God to heal. This belief — grounded in both faith and functional science — is woven into everything she does and every client she serves. She does not see her work as simply addressing symptoms. She sees it as an honor and a privilege to walk alongside each person on their unique healing journey, caring for the whole person — body, mind, and spirit.

"For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds, says the Lord." — Jeremiah 30:17

Your Health Is Personal. Your Care Should Be Too.

At Nutritional Ascent, you are never just a diagnosis or a set of labs. You are a whole person — with a unique story, unique struggles, and a unique path forward. Joanne is here to help you find it.

This is not a diet. This is a transformation — and it was made for you.