Austin Brooks, MS, RD is the Project Coordinator for the Virginia Family Nutrition Program's Nutrition and Physical Activity Social Media and
Support Initiative, where she creates and shares nutrition and healthy lifestyle content in digital formats. She provides leadership within the EFNEP Technology and Social Media Committee and assisted in the creation of the EFNEP Social Media Communications Guidance Materials and co-authored the National Guidelines for Use of Social Media in EFNEP.

She graduated from Virginia Tech with a Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and from the University of Vermont’s Master of Science in Dietetics program and dietetic internship.