Dustin joins us from Queen Creek Unified School District where he worked as the Director of Child Nutrition. One of his positive attributions to promoting healthy school meals is his food truck project which focused on a combination of speed and scratch cooked items for the students weekly in addition to partnering with True Garden, a local aeroponic food farm that provided a variety of lettuces for his students.

He earned his BS in Nutrition and M.Ed. in Higher & Postsecondary Education focusing on student advocacy, academic support, and the American community college system. To help promote change, he has been a volunteer for the Equity Action Committee in his previous school district where he promoted cultural awareness and focused on initiatives to decrease food insecurity in the community. He served as Spokesperson for the Arizona School Nutrition Programs Advisory Council and participated in the Creating Your Kitchen initiative through the Chef Ann Foundation and Arizona Department of Education.

In his free time, he takes baking classes at the local flour mill, volunteers as a counselor for LGBTQ+ youth, and spends time with his husband and two chow chow babies. One of his most memorable experiences was his cooking tour in Italy where he got to make fresh pasta and shop for local ingredients at the farmers market.