Candice Lopez earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Family and Consumer Sciences from Eastern New Mexico University, majoring in nutrition. While living New Mexico, she worked for the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Services as a Nutrition Educator. She then moved to Texas where she was a Nutritionist for approximately 250 different school districts in the West Texas Region

She is devoted to integrating a total wellness approach in everyday life in order to dynamically impact other's lives and educate the public on multi-faceted benefits of a healthy lifestyle.