Helena Bentil is currently a Ph.D. student in the Department of Nutrition and Food Sciences with the College of Health Sciences at the University of Rhode Island. She holds an MPhil in Nutrition from the University of Ghana (2014). Her area of research is in Global Nutrition, and Maternal and Child Nutrition. She is a member of the American Society for Nutrition. She has received several awards from the University of Rhode Island including the Graduate School Dean’s Fellowship in 2021, Graduate School Tuition Scholarship in 2019, and the College of Environment and Life Science Student Travel Award in 2019.