My goal is to be able to make a difference in a person’s life by providing them with the tools and skills, as well as the knowledge, to be able to live functionally and have a good quality of life. My focus and emphasis with all my clients is on improving quality of life!
Personal tidbit: Tanya recently returned to school to pursue a nursing degree. In her free time, she loves swimming, cycling, UND Hockey games, time at the lake and trips to Colorado. Her greatest joy is her family.
Michelle Fundingsland has been a dietitian at Trinity Health since 2009. She grew up in Minot and graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in dietetics. She works as an outpatient dietitian. Her career focuses mainly on outpatient nutrition education at the Center for Diabetes and Nutrition Education and nutrition services at the Kidney Dialysis Center. She is a health coach and educates participants in the Weigh to Change program which is a diabetes prevention program. Michelle and her husband have three children. They are busy with winter and summer sports.
Kayla Cole has been a dietitian at Trinity Health since 2010. She grew up in Minot and graduated from the University of North Dakota with a degree in dietetics in 2010. She works as an outpatient dietitian. Her career focuses mainly on outpatient nutrition education at the Center for Diabetes and Nutrition Education and nutrition services at the CancerCare Center and Home Health/Hospice. Community nutrition is also very important to her so she offers grocery store tours and cooking classes throughout the year, creates recipe videos with the marketing/IT teams, and takes part in other requested community nutrition events. She is also a health coach and educates participants in the Weigh to Change program which is a diabetes prevention program. Kayla and her husband’s favorite activities are cooking, eating, being active, working on their house, and watching movies.
