After suffering multisystem organ failure at the age of 40, Nadine Grzeskowiak ’14 learned that she had celiac disease. After switching her lifestyle, she quickly saw improvements in her health, and the 15-year emergency, trauma and critical care nurse was inspired to help educate nurses, health care providers and the public on celiac disease. Grzeskowiak started RN On Call, Inc., Celiac Nurse Consulting and Gluten Free RN in 2007.
“I started to research, and research heavily, and learned that celiac disease is not necessarily what it is presented to be,” she said. “This has become my focus and my passion for education and research and writing.”
She completed Linfield’s RN to BSN program in 2014, and a year later, published her first book, “Dough Nation: A Nurse’s Memoir of Celiac Disease from Missed Diagnosis to Food and Health Activism.”
Today, Grzeskowiak runs her businesses, produces the Gluten Free RN podcast and leads international gluten free and Paleo travel groups. She is a regular speaker and presenter at events and conferences, giving more than 2,000 talks and lectures around the world.
