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Portland, OR, US

Portland, Oregon Area

Portland, Oregon Area

• Manage the expansion and adoption of Healthy Kids Out of School programs across the country
• Support the development, piloting, evaluation, and dissemination of nutrition and physical activity curricula for afterschool programs
• Work with partner organizations to embed health programs and curricula into their programming to ensure sustainability for years to come

Portland, Oregon Area

• Manage the growth and strategic development of the Healthy Kids Out of School initiative as it has grown into national initiative to reach millions of children
• Provide outreach, technical assistance, and support to organizations engaged in implementing our programs
• Engage new and old stakeholders from out-of-school-time organizations to determine the best strategies for partnering to create and sustain healthy programs for children
• Facilitate the modification and tailoring of nutrition programs to better reach new and more diverse audiences
• Serve as spokesperson at meetings, trainings, conferences, and in the media
• Manage and facilitate the design, writing, and editing of scientific papers for publication

Greater Boston Area

• Managed all aspects of a three year, $1.5 million grant to develop, implement, and evaluate the Healthy Kids Out of School evidence-based principles within out-of-school-time organizations in New England
• Worked collaboratively with out-of-school-time staff and volunteers from diverse organizations to develop tailored programs to promote healthy environments for children
• Developed and maintained integral partnerships with out-of-school-time and community-based organization leaders at the local, state, and national level
• Successfully managed a four person team through shifts in scope and priorities
• Conducted a rigorous evaluation that captured both qualitative and quantitative data

Boston, MA

• Designed survey and collected responses to elicit best practices in nutrition education delivery to homebound seniors from national sample of Older Americans Act State Nutritionists
• Developed pilot project utilizing an innovative delivery method to provide nutrition education to homebound seniors based on survey results
• Received the first Healthy Aging DPG Community Based Applied Research/Best Practice Award to implement the pilot project and published the results in The Spectrum under the title "Use of an Automatic Telephone Message.

Boston, MA

• Evaluated Healthier US School Challenge (HUSSC) applications for Bronze and Silver awards
• Provided technical assistance to HUSSC applicants to complete their applications
• Prepared presentation highlighting pertinent recipes and tutorials on NFSMI website to aid potential HUSSC applicants

Boston, MA

• Solicited permission to utilize published datasets from authors of nutrition research studies
• Created clear and precise summaries of published research studies for novice statistics students
• Developed case study exercises highlighting statistical tests and allowing students to perform analyses utilized in published articles

Department Of Public Health And Community Medicine

• Facilitated and managed collection of valid data from youth participants through iterative process requiring creative problem-solving and communication skills
• Created database for quantitative and qualitative data collection including codes for qualitative responses
• Performed data analysis using STATA statistical software program and summarized findings for publication
• Designed 33-page report of study’s results distributed to local government officials and community partners

• Performed home visits to administer questionnaires, collect anthropometric measures and conduct structured interviews with diabetic participants
• Coached participants to utilize problem-solving tool to overcome barriers to better self-care and assisted participants in goal-setting

San Francisco

• Managed monthly Child Care Food Program claims for over 100 Spanish and English-speaking child care providers
• Monitored food served in child care facilities, providing technical assistance during site visits and by phone
• Led trainings and oriented new providers to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's guidelines for healthy meal and snack reimbursements

San Francisco Bay Area

• Co-led weekly nutrition classes in a women's residential program focusing on practical dietary and behavior changes within the context of recovery from substance abuse and chemical dependency.
• Selected and procured all food and supplies for the women's residential program.

Ms, Agriculture, Food And The Environment/Food Policy And Applied Nutrition

Mph, Public Health, Nutrition Concentration

Bs, Environmental Science