Carlee Johnson McIntosh

School Nutrition Foundation Member Award-Professional Development 2026 

Years in School Nutrition: 15 years

Students Served: 470

Scholarship Award: SNA Professional Development Scholarship

“I love being a safe place for all students.”

Why School Nutrition?

I come with a degree in Culinary Arts and have been working with the school district to create real food. I am pursing my dietetics degree to better serve my students and state.

Investing in My Future

It will help fund the classes I need for this masters program that I would otherwise be unable to afford due to the rate of pay that school food service directors are paid. My hope is to offer more educational sessions for students to learn how to cook and how it works with their body and any medical needs. I love all the nutritional educations that will then directly be tied into my current role. I currently just completed a course on eating disorders that could help me help more students.

School/University: University of Alaska Anchorage

Program of Study: Dietetics

Graduation Date: 2029