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Stillwater, Minnesota, United States

St Paul, Minnesota, United States

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

- Counsel student-athletes on a wide variety of nutrition topics to help meet the demands of their sport and daily activities- Deliver nutrition talks to the women's rowing team through means of quick, concise, and relevant information by way of PowerPoint and Q&A sessions- Curate a number of nutrition handouts pertaining to dietary restrictions, proper fueling practices, mental health information and recipes- Developed interdisciplinary sports nutrition protocols covering processes to take in regards to vitamin and mineral supplementation, post-operation nutrition practices, and cases of eating disorders and disordered eating in student-athletes.

Anoka County, Minnesota, United States

- Provide nutrition education, issue benefits, and refer WIC participants to local resources in a timely manner. - Screen participants for eligibility by reviewing health information, and provide referrals for applicants to health and social services.- Manage high-risk clients by providing consistent assessments and assistance with dietary needs.- Continually seek out opportunities for professional development, including the completion of the Building Bridges and WIC Counseling into the Future breastfeeding courses.

Virtual

Greater New Orleans Area

- Created new recipes for the Goldring Center for Culinary Medicine, the first dedicated teaching kitchen implemented at a medical school, collaborated with the Center’s partnership Farmer’s Market, and facilitated the cooking portion of classes for medical students. - Produced nutrition education materials reaching over 500 potential patients for various rotations including adult outpatient diabetes, cardiac health clinic, long term care facilities, and Head Start programs.- Counseled, assessed, and documented within 18 weeks of clinical rotations including inpatient and long-term care settings as well as 15 outpatient settings in hospital systems and clinics throughout the Greater New Orleans Area.

Matam Region, Senegal

- Wrote and secured $6,000 in grant funding, and supervised construction to build an enclosure for the village health structure.- Led trainings teaching fundamental nutrition and food transformation methods to over 30 mothers with children under five y/o.- Spearheaded and co-lead a men's forum tourney, teaching and discussing topics in maternal health, household finance, and agricultural practices to over 100 men in five different communities. - Conducted quarterly meetings as regional work zone coordinator to update 12 volunteers on PC - Senegal policy changes, leadership opportunities, and inter-regional cross-collaborative activities.

Eugene, Oregon, United States

- Shadowed four sports dietitians working with the men’s and women’s basketball, tennis, track and field teams and women’s volleyball and softball teams.- Maintained fueling stations and supported athletes with individual fueling needs throughout all practices and competitions.- Tested hydration status of various teams biweekly in coordination with competitions.- Taste tested recipes, held cooking demos, and produced nutritious, easy-to-cook recipe cards made available to over 200 athletes, coaches, and athletics personnel.- Compiled up-to-date research articles covering various nutrition topics trending in sports nutrition, reporting findings at weekly staff meetings.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

- Created/organized USDA approvals, reviewed labeling specifications and nutrition fact labels for over 500 frozen food products.- Generated a step-by-step communication process to be used by over 100 employees between the marketing and R&D departments aimed at improving the speed of product development.- Prepared various frozen products for cuttings and taste tests attended by senior-level management, cooking multiple products at once under respective time constraints.

- Applied nutritional variables in a behavioral study examining lunchroom plate waste within five rural high schools in Montana. Partnered with Dr. Carmen Byker-Shanks to assess students' lunchtime choices and the corresponding amounts of plate waste resulting from student preferences, layout of the cafeteria and lunch lines, and available choices of food and drink.- Produced data analytics for effective and consistent communication regarding progress between mentors and other stakeholders in the study, delivering outcomes of our data and creating comprehensive summaries for each schools' staff and cafeteria workers. - Became well versed in Microsoft Excel to compute, analyze, and interpret our data to make suggestions for high school lunchroom food services to improve nutritional intake in the student population and reduce plate waste in the cafeteria. - Presented findings at the 2015 Undergraduate Research Celebration on the MSU campus.

Montana State University

- As Executive Assistant to the director, completed tasks such as managing financial information, composed emails to guest speakers and sponsors, and organized and filed records of our accomplishments as an organization. - Transitioned to Student Associate in order to gain experience in both supporting and leading programs directly focused on improving individual and organizational leadership throughout the MSU community. Successfully planned and co-lead a number of trainings, programs and events, including:- Organized and co-lead an event hosting the former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, Dr. Micheal McFaul. Designed an operations plan and delegated tasks to team of 15 for successful event production. Wrote and delivered a speech introducing the President of MSU Dr. Waded Cruzado as well as Dr. McFaul to an audience of over 500 people in attendance. - Acted as lead planner and facilitator of MSU's "An Evening with Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson". Maintained effective communication with sponsors, VIP guests, and event volunteers to keep them informed of ongoing event operations. Created a timeline of tasks based off of an operations plan, and delegated action items among the LI student associates. Acted as host to Dr. Tyson between all of his scheduled appearances. Exemplified adaptiveness while managing a large scale, high profile program.

Bozeman, Montana

- Contacted prospective students of MSU - Bozeman to provide information regarding programs and majors of study, campus life, and the Bozeman community.- Managed ten student outreach workers on a nightly basis as they contacted prospective students and parents of MSU.- Developed professionalism and rapport with the MSU community by acting as a liaison between future Bobcats and the admissions staff.

Bozeman, Montana

- Served as an assistant to program director, Katie Bark, and the rest of her staff on a number of administrative projects.- Used writing skills to edit grants, surveys, and documents related to nutrition curriculums. - Created materials and resources for all trainings and programs, such as the Gallatin Valley Farm-to-School Conference. - Compiled data analytics from completion surveys of various programs using Microsoft Word and Excel.

Master'S Degree, Applied Exercise Science

Dietetic Internship, Clinical, Community, And Food Service Rotations

Bachelor'S Degree, Dietetics And Clinical Nutrition Services, Minor In English-Writing

Activities and Societies: Montana State University Cross Country and Track & Field, Montana Student Dietetic Association, Exponent Student.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

Study Abroad experience in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.