Brighter Bites goes to the Capital!

Brighter Bites has expanded to Austin, establishing the program’s third city in Texas!  Stefanie Cousins is the Program Director, overseeing the day-to-day operations and working closely with the Capital Area Food Bank, the Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living at The University of Texas School of Public Health, and other Austin community partners. Stefanie is also the newly appointed Director of Communications for Brighter Bites. She is responsible for the organization’s digital presence and communications strategies. Stefanie is an award-winning producer for ABC News, PBS and The New York Times, and a specialist in public health, health promotion and program development. Before joining Brighter Bites, Stefanie was principal of Blue Heart Media. She has written and produced several videos for MD Anderson Cancer Center, John Snow Inc. (JSI) and the United States Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Stefanie has also provided writing services and communications consulting to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), WebMD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, APQC Education, and the United States Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Before launching Blue Heart Media, Stefanie was a producer for Barbara Walters at ABC News 20/20, New York Times Television’s Science Times, and NOW with Bill Moyers. She also has produced long-form documentaries for PBS about human trafficking and smuggling and for The National Geographic Channel about the obesity epidemic. As a client supervisor for a mid-size communications firm in Raleigh, NC, Stefanie provided team management and project execution in the firm’s health care practice. Stefanie holds an MPH from the University of North Carolina’s Gillings School of Global Public Health and a BA in English and Italian from Middlebury College. She lives in Austin, TX with her husband and two children.