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Barrington, Illinois, United States

Vernon Hills, Illinois

- Provide nutrition education to members covering weight loss, muscle gain, and healthy lifestyle changes. - Provide members with health related questionnaires to identify areas of concern including but not limited to: thyroid, cortisol, blood sugar, intestinal, and hormonal problems. - Conduct nutritional assessments and give food and nutrition related recommendations. These recommendations include meal plans, macronutrient composition, daily calorie needs, lab testing, and exercise programming. - Conduct monthly seminars for members/clients covering nutrition related topics such as detoxing, lab testing, supplements, exercise, and macronutrients.

Elk Grove Village

-Provide MNT to patients who are recovering from various illnesses, injuries, or surgeries. -Provide nutrition education to patients over specific disease states including: diabetes, renal failure, chronic heart failure, cancer, ect. -Work in collaboration with a Registered Dietitian, nursing staff, and physicians to ensure proper care and progress was made for each patient. -Followed through with patient follow ups to track progress and build rapport with clients.

Oak Park

- Assist Director of Nutrition with body composition checks on all animals. - Attend weekly meetings with nutrition staff for updates on feed and diet changes. - Collaborate with zoo keepers on diet recommendations and body weight changes of animals.

Oak Lawn, Illinois

- Worked in conjunction with Registered Dietitians and other health care professionals in the clinical inpatient setting. - Conducted one on one patient counseling about nutrition related subjects. - Used malnutrition screening tools along with physical assessments to determine health status of individuals. - Implemented dietary goals and interventions for patients at nutritional risk. - Calculated enteral and parenteral nutrition needs based off of the most current research recommendations. - Completed documentation within guidelines of the NCP using the electronic charting system.

Greater Chicago Area

CHA: - Provided nutrition based education classes- Created surveys, pre/post tests, and educational documents for participants.- Analyzed pre/post test data to see effectiveness of nutrition lessons. - Kept up to date attendance records of program participants. - Used cost effective strategies to stay within budget for cooking demonstrations. - Taught and practiced all food safety and sanitation requirements. Head Start: - Used Nutrition based evaluation tool to determine which areas of each Head Start location needed improvement. - Transferred information from paper evaluation tool onto online system for record keeping. - Created four week menu cycle following all Head Start guidelines and recommendations.

Mt. Prospect

- Assisted Food and Nutrition Services manager and district director with daily operations including but not limited to: development and costing of recipes, evaluation of menu nutrition, beginning and end of month inventory checks, Food deliveries, Event planning and keeping up with strict safety and sanitation standards. - Engaged in monthly meetings with food service managers to discuss new ways to improve on the Foodservice department. - Created an online survey, lead focus groups, and analyzed data from taste tests to determine what new menu items would sell best amongst students and staff members.

Coordinated Dietetic Internship With Masters In Business

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Dietetics/Dietitian

Activities and Societies: Purdue Biology club