From CHAOS to PEACE …
with Food
Erica Leon Nutrition & Associates
Anti-Diet Dietitians and Clinicians
Providing insurance-based care for eating disorders, disordered eating, chronic dieting, or other health conditions in a safe and non-judgmental space for healing.
Meet Taylor Lucas, she/her
MS Nutrition & Dietetics
Taylor Lucas is a nutrition therapist and a valuable member of the team at Erica Leon Nutrition. She works with clients across the spectrum of disordered eating, body image struggles, and chronic dieting, with a focus on providing weight-inclusive, trauma-informed care.
Taylor is passionate about helping her clients build more peaceful and respectful relationships with food and their bodies, without shame or judgment. Her work is rooted in cultural sensitivity and inclusivity, ensuring that clients from Black, Latinx, and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities feel seen, heard, and supported.
“Food is often how we connect with our traditions, cultures, families, and even identities. That connection should be respected and honored.”
Taylor’s interest in nutrition was ignited while living overseas, where she observed how different cultures approach food, eating and community. This experience, coupled with her realization that she wanted to connect on a deeper level with people, not spreadsheets, she left a career in finance to pursue a career in nutrition counseling and help others heal their relationships with food.. She found inspiration in how communities worldwide engage with food, the diverse ways people connect with it, and how it can bring people together.
Taylor’s interest in nutrition was ignited while living overseas, where she observed how different cultures approach food, eating and community. This experience, coupled with her realization that she wanted to connect on a deeper level with people, not spreadsheets, she left a career in finance to pursue a career in nutrition counseling and help others heal their relationships with food.. She found inspiration in how communities worldwide engage with food, the diverse ways people connect with it, and how it can bring people together.
She believes nutrition therapy is not just about what people eat, but about how they feel in their bodies, how they feed their families, and how culture and traditions shape their eating experiences. Taylor brings particular expertise in supporting clients from BIPOC and marginalized communities, acknowledging that eating disorders don’t have one look, and recovery is not one-size-fits-all.
In her work, Taylor helps clients take small, sustainable steps that prioritize compassion, reduce shame, and respect cultural food traditions.
Her mission is to create more diverse representation in the eating disorder and nutrition space and provide culturally competent care to her clients on their road to recovery by honoring their cultural foods, beliefs, and traditions.
Taylor provides virtual nutrition counseling for clients across New York and other states, making care accessible to those who need it most.
Taylor Lucas joined Erica Leon Nutrition after completing her master’s degree in Nutritional Science at CUNY Hunter College.
💙 Here’s a fun fact about Taylor: “I’m a beekeeper and care for over 300,000 bees! I’ve always been passionate about being outdoors and learning about the connection between our food and the Earth and its inhabitants. Keeping bees is a great way to support a healthy population of pollinators, which are responsible for pollinating our favorite foods. I also LOVE foraging and have learned to identify so many edible plants and mushrooms while I’m out on a hike.
Taylor Lucas, MS Nutrition & Dietetics
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This will give you time to let us know about your needs, and to see which dietitian on the team is the best fit for you.
LET'S GET YOU THE HELP YOU NEED TO HEAL
We are committed to an anti-oppression practice and provide a whole-person, non-shaming approach to food and body, regardless of size, shape, chronic disease diagnosis, race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or religion.
Nutrition Counseling Therapy and Services offered by the Erica Leon Nutrition Team:
- Nutrition Therapy for Eating Disorders and Disordered Eating
- Individual Counseling For Medical Conditions
- Intuitive And Mindful Eating Individual Counseling
- Pre-teen, Adolescent and College Nutrition
- Sports Nutrition Counseling
- Nutrition for Midlife and Menopause
Our team of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists specializes in Eating Disorders, Intuitive Eating, Sports Nutrition, Teen Nutrition, Family Feeding Concerns, and Weight Inclusive Medical Nutrition Therapy.
Our team works with women, families, teens, youth and folks in the 2SLGBTQIA+ community.
We work virtually with our clients from our offices in Westchester County in New York as well as the tri-state areas of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, along with Alabama, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Iowa, Maryland, Minnesota, Oregon, Texas, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
To get started, please fill out the form, and Erica will be in touch to meet with you about your specific needs, and to see which one of our dietitians will be the best fit for you to get the support and guidance you need!!
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WE ARE IN NETWORK WITH THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE COMPANIES
We are a provider of nutrition counseling services for the noted insurance companies, however; you must still check to see if your policy contains a nutrition counseling benefit. If it does not, payment will be due at the time of service.
Learn more about booking an appointment with one of our dietitians.
NOTE: We do NOT accept Medicaid.
About Erica Leon Nutrition
All of our dietitians take a non-diet approach, individualize your nutritional needs and focus on your overall health and well-being.
We believe that difficult relationships with food and body image are barriers to people living life fully. We are passionate about helping our clients develop a positive relationship with food and body image through a weight-inclusive, individualized approach.
