Ashley Draviam is a board-certified specialist in oncology nutrition. She has been at the Mass General Cancer Center for over 10 years, working with adult and pediatric patients to provide individualized medical nutrition therapy. Ashley is also part of the Oncology Lifestyle Medicine program at MGH, where she helps patients and survivors incorporate healthy behaviors into their lifestyles. Ashley is certified as a Qualified Bilingual Staff in Spanish and enjoys connecting with patients and families from all backgrounds. She is involved with nutrition-related oncology research studies and has been published for her work. She has contributed to oncology newsletters and nutrition textbooks, and she frequently presents on nutrition and cancer topics to patients and families, oncology providers, and the general public.

Ashley received her BA in Spanish and Psychology from Williams College. She spent five years coaching elite athletes at a ski racing academy in Lake Tahoe, California, before returning to Boston to complete her Master’s in Nutrition Communication from Tufts University.

Ashley spends much of her free time in the mountains and the outdoors – skiing, hiking, biking, and playing tennis. She also loves traveling the world to visit new places, cooking with her husband, and teaching her two young daughters about foods like sardines, okra, and spicy chicken wings.