Our Story

The Food Allergy Buddy Program was created by Hayden Miller and Dr. Rita Kachru at UCLA. Dr. Kachru had been Hayden’s allergist since he was first diagnosed with food allergies at a young age, but Hayden realized that there was very limited advice on how to live with food allergies. While going through OIT, Hayden felt that a mentor during his process of OIT would have been extremely beneficial and wanted to create a way for kids struggling with food allergies to be helped.