Melanie Sherman, RD, has worked as a registered dietitian nutritionist, medical nutrition therapist, and founder of WestSide Nutrition and Wellness since 1999. She received a degree in psychology from Washington University in St. Louis and continued her education at New York University, earning a master's in clinical nutrition and a dietetic internship in affiliation with NYU Langone Medical Center.

Her education and training in the area of holistic health and nutrition continued at the Natural Gourmet Cookery School, the Institute for Food Healing in New York City, and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She has served as the staff dietitian and nutritionist at Barnard College since 2012 in the department of primary care health services.