Level up the Lunchbox: Back to School Culinary Skills w/ Doc J

Join Doc. J for a lunch and learn and pick up creative ideas to “level up” your child’s lunchbox. Got a finicky eater? No problem! Need to please a picky palate? Bring it on. Participants will jazz up mac & cheese, make next level sandwiches, and learn how to add nutritious fruits and veggies to the mix. As a bonus, get your burning parenting/caregiver questions answered by Doc J, an expert in the field of youth and child development.

Where: Creativity Center, 3137 Eastern Ave. Baltimore, MD 21224
When: SEPT 28 | 11AM – 1PM
​Age Range: 7-107 (Children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult)
Cost: Adult + Child $38 |  Members $32 | Additional Child $20
Materials: All ingredients and equipment provided.

Instructor Bio
Dr. Tasha Franklin Johnson resides in Southeast Baltimore in the quaint Washington Hill community. Through of her passion for world justice and humanity, she has the pleasure of traveling the world and meeting interesting people – becoming exposed to many cultures and ways of navigating the Earth. In her daytime role, she is an educational researcher for YMCA-USA and in her free times she is a cucina/kitchen connoisseur. Because of her South Louisiana background, she loves to prepare Cajun and Creole dishes and merge them with international cuisines from around the world. Dr. Johnson, aka T-Freezy or Doc J – is a life long learner and educator, classically trained to work with young children and adults. She studied and refined her cooking craft while traveling around the world – Korea, Kenya, Uganda – and layered it with her formal degrees in history, organizational development and education from Southern Methodist University – SMU (Bachelors), Harvard University (Masters Degree) and New York University – NYU (Ph.D).