Lucía E. Briceño

Lucía E. Briceño, R.D., is a lecturer and the Nutrition Undergraduate Program director at Metropolitan State University of Denver. Her areas of expertise are nutrition, food science and pediatrics.

With more than 10 years of experience in the health industry, Briceño has provided care for patients in hospital settings in California, Colorado and Venezuela. She has published research papers on the Atkins and ketogenic diets, as well as diabetes in the Latinx population.

She received her bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Universidad Central de Venezuela and her master’s degree in Nutritional Sciences from San Jose State University.