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Andres Rodriguez, CNA

Food for Life Instructor

Andres Rodriguez, CNA

Andres is a bilingual plant-based nutrition cooking coach, certified nursing assistant, and co-founder of LEADER NFP organization to provide education regarding plant-based lifestyle to prevent or reverse diabetes and heart disease. Andres' life changed dramatically when he and his wife, Nancy, started a plant-based lifestyle in 2011. Andres found plant-based nutrition to be a life-changing experience that helped him lower cholesterol, stop chest pains and emergency room visits, and prevent a repeat of his mother’s history of heart disease and heart surgery.

Now, Andres strives to share his knowledge about heart healthy and plant-based nutrition with others in underserved communities throughout metro Chicago. Andres completed the Plant-Based Nutrition Movement Certificate and is a Licensed Food for Life Instructor with the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine providing training sessions in English and Spanish.


Serving cities and surrounding areas of Chicago and surrounding suburbs

Upcoming Classes


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