Author: Sophia Mitropoulos

Guest Post

Sophia Mitropoulos, a native of Lebanon, Maine, is studying marketing and business at Emerson College. For her past several school breaks, she has worked with Guiding Stars to develop social media content to help partners make the program more effective, especially in school cafeterias and at universities. Sophia is an avid lacrosse player who looks forward to spending her breaks in Maine with her parents and siblings, where they enjoy cooking Greek food together at their family restaurant.

Reaping the Best of Summer

August 7, 2012August 7, 2012 by Sophia Mitropoulos

On May 3rd, I packed up my car and headed from Boston to Maine. Summer vacation, here I come! That seems like just yesterday. I had so many big plans for my long summer weekends with friends and family. I was going to go skydiving with my brother, white water rafting with my cousins and to Nashville with my friends to find ourselves some southern gentlemen to take home to Mommy (that’s normal, right?). Now, it’s the first week in August? You have got to be kidding me. Have I done anything I actually planned to do this summer?

Easy, Healthful Snacks

March 20, 2012May 9, 2013 by Sophia Mitropoulos

To get you and your family off on the right track for National Nutrition Month, Guiding Stars has compiled a list of delicious and nutritious snacks that are full of stars.

February is Heart Healthy Month

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 by Sophia Mitropoulos

February is Heart Healthy Month. There’s no excuse to slack off this month by eating the wrong foods. Here are some basic tips for you and your family from Guiding Stars.

Give Them the Tools: They’ll Use Them.

January 18, 2012May 9, 2013 by Sophia Mitropoulos

During the thirty- minute drive to Waterboro, Maine, I thought about what I would say to the sixty middle school students who waited there for me. What would they understand about Guiding Stars? What would interest them? Maybe their parents would have been a more appropriate audience for the message I was about to give, a message of nutrition, better choices and the hope for a change in the way so many of us are used to eating.