Vesanto Melina, M. Sc., R.D., was trained at the University of Toronto and the University of London, England, and taught nutrition at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and Seattle's Bastyr University Brenda Davis R.D., an author and an acclaimed speaker. Brenda completed an honours degree in Human Nutrition at the University of Guelph, followed by an internship in Ottawa, Ontario.

She has worked as a public health nutritionist, clinical nutrition specialist, nutrition consultant, academic nutrition instructor, and is a past chair of the Vegetarian Nutrition Dietetic Practice Group of the American Dietetic Association.