Panel Discussion (Community Voices)

Registered Dietitian, Specialty – Pediatric and Maternal Nutrition; Weight Management 

Work at G.A. Carmichael Family Health Center as the Program Manager for the WIC Program, MEND Pediatric Weight Management Program, CYSHCN Program, and the GA Cares Food Insecurity Program. 

BS – Human Sciences – Mississippi State University

MS – Human Nutrition – University of Southern Mississippi 

Completed Dietetic Internship at Mississippi Baptist Medical Center and UMMC via University of Southern Mississippi. 

Certified in both Pediatric/Adolescent Weight Management and Adult Weight Management

Serves as the Public Policy Coordinator for the Mississippi Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Lives in Madison, MS with husband and children 

Member, New Jerusalem Church

Praise Ebimaye Tangbe, MPH is currently a Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) candidate in the Department of Behavioral and Environmental Health at the JSU College of Health Sciences (A CEPH Accredited School of Public Health). Ebi has a Master of Public Health from Ohio University and will complete the DrPH in Behavioral Health Promotion & Education. Ebi is an aspiring Maternal and Child Health scholar-practitioner is completing a research study entitled, Pregnancy experiences of Black women in Mississippi during COVID-19 (March 2020 – March 2021. She is currently employed with the Mississippi State Department of Health as a Community Engagement Specialist.  She provides leadership for reducing cardiovascular disease burdens among African Americans residing in Mississippi through health promotion and education awareness initiatives focused on lifestyle behavior change. Ebi hopes to bridge cardiovascular disease prevention and control with MCH initiatives that seek to improve the health and well-being of MomNBaby in Mississippi and beyond. 

Coach Eutella Washington is a Mississippi country girl and the owner of iCHEAT Wellness, LLC, a holistic nutritional movement created to serve communities in Mississippi. Coach Washington's PURPOSE to help people comes with an experience that left her to heal herself from paralysis at the age of 21. iCHEAT Wellness offers One-on-one & Group Coaching, hosts Nutritional Nook Cooking Demos and a live interview show called "What's in your refrigerator". iCHEAT Wellness has created numerous programs that have helped more than 3,000 individuals and families lose weight, reverse, and experience healing from conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, constipation, migraines, sinuses, and acid reflux name a few. iCHEAT Wellness is currently working on a Nutritional Nook Book-Kemistry Kitchen, a tool to guide people to heal their bodies through healthy, flavorful, results-driven meals and recipes with any budget. Before iCHEAT Wellness, Coach Washington worked with the US Bureau of Engraving & printing, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and The Department of Treasury for more than 14 years as a Human Resources Specialist.