In the early 2000s, Basheerah Enahora was living in Chicago and had a successful career in food marketing. She had worked for top companies, including Kraft Foods, and risen to the rank of senior brand manager at Golden County Foods. Still, something was missing from her professional pursuits.
“I always had this love of nutrition,” Enahora said. “I just had this epiphany that I wanted to do something more fulfilling with my interest and excitement around food.”
For Enahora, pursuing a more “fulfilling” path led her to become a registered dietitian and business owner. Now, she is expanding upon her already impressive track record at UNCG where she is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Nutrition within the School of Health and Human Sciences and a Minerva Scholar. Among her accomplishments at UNCG, Enahora has co-authored three peer-reviewed publications and received a $25,000 grant from the Department of Health & Human Services to fund her doctoral research as a Behavioral Intervention Scholar.