Krista Olson

Breastfeeding COORDINATOR

Krista Olson, MC-MCH, IBCLC, CH, supports breastfeeding initiatives among various public and private partners across the islands. Over the past two decades, Krista has addressed the critical intersection between food security and health equity as founding director at Nest for Families, and at Ola Mahina Gardens & Institute. She brings experience in community organizing, food systems, early childhood, clinical lactation, and herbal medicine, and is passionate about the role of traditional foods and medicines, including breastmilk, in restoring community health. She helps to lead the Statewide Breastfeeding Workgroup and the Hawai‘i Maternal Infant Health Collaborative Core Team, and has worked for Head Start, WIC, State Health Departments, and health centers in the U.S. and Central America. Krista is a Board Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) and holds a Master’s Certificate in Maternal Child Health from the John A. Burns School of Medicine.