About Sylvia

Sylvia Klinger, registered dietitian and certified personal trainer, is founder of Hispanic Food Communications, Hinsdale, IL a food communications and culinary consulting company.

A Hispanic native who is a leading expert in cross-cultural Hispanic cuisine as it relates to nutrition and health, Mrs. Klinger speaks both English and Spanish fluently. Mrs. Klinger has an impressive record and knowledge of Hispanic foods and culture. Her Experience brings an in-depth base foundation of culinary and cultural expertise and introduces new strategies to maximize exposure among an increasingly health-conscious Hispanic population. She addresses specific health issues important to the growing Hispanic population. Mrs. Klinger leverages the tasteful Latin cuisine and lifestyle of health–conscious Hispanics with the mounting health problems fast approaching this Hispanic population today.

Mrs. Klinger has appeared on NBC, ABC, Fox News, CNN Spanish, Univision, Telemundo, America Teve, TV Azteca, Telefutura. Many guest appearances in popular shows such as Despierta America and Hispanics Today, were she is a regular guest, and numerous local Hispanic cable stations to name a few. She has been a guest nutritionist on numerous local Hispanic radio talk shows and currently writes for popular magazines such as Latina Magazine, Siempre Mujer, Vanidades, Latino Social and Hispanic Business South Florida.

Mrs. Klinger has a passion for children and helping them establish healthy eating habits now. She is on the Board of Namaste Charter School in Chicago, IL. Namaste is a charter school educating mainly Hispanic children. She has helped them establish their nutrition curriculum, menus for the school cafeteria that promote a balanced diet and leads out in healthy cooking demonstrations for their parents. She also serves on the Board of Hinsdale Academy in Hinsdale, IL.

Hispanic Food Communications donates more than 10% of its profits to charitable organizations each year.

Prior to establishing her consulting firm, Mrs. Klinger served as senior culinary development specialist and supervisor of consumer test kitchens at the Quaker Oats Company. She has solid clinical and public health nutrition experience, serving as a research dietitian at Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago and the University of California Irvine Medical Center, as well as a supervising nutritionist for the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) supplemental feeding program. She began her career as an administrative dietitian at New England Memorial Hospital in Boston. Mrs. Klinger’s professional affiliations include active membership in the American Dietetic Association, Illinois Dietetic Association and Latino Hispanic Dietetic Association network group (LAHIDAN), as well as Dietitians in Business & Communications, Nutrition Entrepreneurs and Food and Culinary Professionals Practice Groups. She is an active member of the Chicago and Illinois Dietetic Associations and a member of the Grain Foods Foundation Advisory Board, Kellogg’s Healthy Beginnings Advisory Panel and GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Multicultural Council on Weight Control.

Mrs. Klinger earned a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics and nutrition from Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, California in 1984 and her Master of Science in public administration from DePaul University in Chicago in 1993. She is a registered dietitian of the American Dietetic Association and a licensed dietitian. In 1994, the Chicago Dietetic Association presented her with the Recognized Young Dietitian of the Year award. Most recently, the Outstanding Dietitian of the Year was awarded to Sylvia January 2009 by the West Suburban Dietetic Association.

In her spare time, Mrs. Klinger trains for and runs marathons. She lives in Hinsdale, Illinois with her husband and their two school-age children.