Hannah has a Master of Food Science degree specializing in research surrounding the interaction between dietary resistant starch and keystone probiotic species in the human gut microbiome from Penn State. Her passion for gut health stemmed from a severe ulcerative colitis diagnosis in 2020. Since then, Hannah has developed a gut-health-focused food blog, launched a startup company based on the science of synbiotics (pre + probiotics), and moved to Michigan for a full-time job at a natural flavor company. She is now an enthusiastic member of the IBDU team, writing blog posts on the latest topics related to IBD.