About Karen
Karen Mountjoy, MEd, RD, LD, CLC
As a lifelong education and child advocate, Karen blends her extensive experience as an educator and pediatric dietitian to deliver compassionate, personalized support plans that help her young clients achieve and sustain dietary balance. Karen's nutritional philosophy is that healthy intake choices should be based on personal preferences and, most importantly, food should be enjoyed. Karen uses this approach to connect with both clients and their families as they work together to identify readiness for change and to develop individualized, flexible plans that meet specific physiological, emotional, and economic needs.
Karen earned her degree in dietetics from the University of New Hampshire. After completing becoming a dietitian, Karen founded Coastal Family Nutrition with the intent of providing healthy nutritional programs to children and families throughout the Seacoast region. Prior to entering the Nutrition field, Karen was a Special Education Teacher in the Seacoast area.
Coastal in the Community
At Coastal Family Nutrition, Karen isn't only involved with her practice; she also strives to connect and engage with the entire Seacoast NH community as much as possible. She has lived in Portsmouth, NH for 20+ years and is currently raising her family of three teenagers here. Karen is also an avid runner who completes several Seacoast road races every year as part of her personal goal to promote and encourage health and wellness with friends and neighbors in the area.
Coastal Family Nutrition participates in a wide range of local Seacoast community events and activities. Karen humbly volunteers at Gather, a Seacoast family food pantry to help local residents of all ages access healthy, nutritionally balanced meals. She also gives talks to local schools and museums, provider groups, and hosts snacking workshops for parents and their young kiddos.
Karen has been a member of the Board of Directors at the Museum of New Art in Portsmouth, NH since 2010, where she blends her love of art with experience as a businessperson.
