Crossover Health Services

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by Cyndi Schneider

I get to work at Crossover Health Services (CHS) as a Dietitian and Diabetes Educator! What I do is not what’s most important though. It’s what people do to help themselves and their family using information about food or diabetes. In the world of Nutrition, we make around 200 decisions about food every day (Mindless Eating, Wansink). My job, with God’s help, is to encourage good food choices to promote good health. Yes, food works like medicine! There is a connection of eating 2 fruits and 3 vegetables every day to having a longer life span (Harvard Public Health, 2021). It takes time and a community of support to make changes though. CHS and a larger community support organization called Crossover Community Impact all strive to help support north Tulsa in this important way!

Coffee is my initial link to Crossover Health Services. In 2014, a coffee buddy went to meet Dr. Kent Farish to learn about a health clinic in north Tulsa. So, my coffee group prayed for what turned out to be Crossover Health Services. I was involved in prayer support only for several years. I watched CHS grow and flourish while I worked as a Dietitian at a Diabetes Center elsewhere. It was often said, “we sure could use a Dietitian at Crossover!” When my Diabetes Center closed in 2019, I came running. I thought I was coming to help, but I have been the one who has been blessed. Crossover Health really strives to love on every person who comes walking through the doors.

Working in Nutrition/Diabetes has always been my love! I am glad I can bring this help to those who are unable or who prefer not to travel from north Tulsa. Nothing is more fulfilling than when we see how food along with exercise and medication really can work to heal.

The community of Crossover Health extends out to my own family and even further. Coffee came into play again last month while sharing a cup with my new neighbor. She asked what I did so I told her about CHS. She had heard of the Crossover Lions’ football success through Crossover Sports Association! Amazing! I told her about Crossover Community Impact and mentioned that there was also a school. Now, her 2 older children go to Crossover Preparatory Academy!

I never would have thought that I would be working in a small Family Practice Clinic. The patients and staff I have met at Crossover have been a blessing to me, and I pray my love for healthy food overflows into the lives of others!

Having somewhere for people to come and see a physician right here in our community is truly a blessing.” -Cyndi S.

Cyndi Schneider is the Dietician and Diabetes Educator at Crossover Health Services. She has been on staff since 2019, and she has been an integral part of the Tulsa FreshRx “Food is Medicine” Pilot Project. As someone who has Type 1 Diabetes, her passion for helping others leads to realizable change. The first component of Crossover’s vision to “restore our community” is seeing north Tulsa become a community of “healthy individuals.” Mrs. Cyndi helps make this vision become a reality with her love for people and food. She has been married to her husband, Kirk, for 37 years, and they have 3 adult children who all support her efforts to make a tangible change!

To learn more about Crossover Health Services and its work to eradicate health disparities, go to crossoverhealthservices.org.

Pictured below: Cyndi enjoying healthy living and her family.