After completing a BSc from Acadia University and an MScAHN from Mount Saint Vincent University, Denika began her career in dietetics in Ontario with experiences in public health, primary health care, acute care and long term care. Denika found her true passion within the long term care sector where she worked as a consulting dietitian in the Niagara Region for two years before moving back to her home province of Newfoundland. As a clinical dietitian with Eastern Health, she continues to work in long term care as well as in a Diabetes Collaborative and outpatient clinic.