Kristin M. Osborne,
VP, Education

Kristin M. Osborne

Vice President, Education

Kristin M. Osborne is a passionate, certified disability advocate and native of Virginia where she has navigated food allergies in her family for over two decades. Her husband and three sons all have various life-threatening food allergies to wheat, dairy, egg, peanut, tree nut, shellfish, and fish. Her first experience with food allergies as a parent was in 2004 when her oldest son had an allergic reaction to shrimp at the age of two. 

She is the founder of Virginia Food Allergy Advocates, a support group whose mission is to educate and advocate for families living with food allergies. Kristin has trained school systems in Virginia by providing food allergy education and Section 504 workshops for school administrators, teachers, staff, and parents. Her work in the community was instrumental in changing Virginia Beach Public Schools' food allergy guidelines to include epinephrine training for bus drivers. The policy requires bus drivers to be trained to administer epinephrine to students who self-carry medication, when needed. 

Kristin served three years as a food allergy walk chairwoman in Virginia. She and her committee doubled both walker participation and funds raised by sponsors and teams. 

Kristin is a graduate of the Virginia Board for People with Disabilities Partners in Policy (PIP) Making Program. As a certified disability advocate, Kristin navigates food allergies, asthma, ADHD, and anaphylaxis in the community and at home. She served as co-chairman of the Tidewater Alumni Regional Chapter, PIP and worked to engage PIP alumni and advocate for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

A frequent advocate at both the Virginia State Capitol and the U.S. Capitol, she has shared many personal stories and stories of families in her community with elected officials to raise awareness for food allergies, asthma, developmental disabilities, and to increase funding for critical programs. For over five years, Kristin has served on her local Mayor’s Committee for Persons with Disabilities Board to improve the awareness of every persons’ abilities rather than their disabilities.  

Kristin is also owner of The Prioritized Group, where she works to empower families whose children have ADHD and food allergies from the classroom to the kitchen.

As FAACT’s Vice President of Education Kristin will oversee food allergy education in schools, support group development, and other education initiatives and will represent FAACT at medical conferences. Kristin looks forward to continuing her mission of community health and wellness and maintaining her strong commitment to bringing more education and awareness on the issues that accompany food allergies to our families, communities, and schools with FAACT.

You may reach Kristin at Kristin.Osborne@FoodAllergyAwareness.org