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Acton, Massachusetts, Us

Acton, Massachusetts, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Los Angeles, California, Us

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Work as the lead digital strategist to create, develop and advance the member-facing digital programs to help improve the health of our members.• Program manager to digital vendors.• Communication liaison from the Care Management Area to the rest of the BCBSM enterprise. Using my communication skills to help train and script the staff to drive successful results for the staff, while accomplishing corporate goals of target members served• Also work as an engagement specialist to help educate, motivate and inspire the clinical staff to efficiently and effective help the members.

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Worked as the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Health and Wellness spokesperson• Used my expertise, education, knowledge and ability to communicate to help educate the community and bring awareness about important nutrition, health, wellness, fitness and wellbeing topics via broadcast news, radio, print and online publications, social media, podcasts and counseling covering the state of Michigan and nationallyo Had a variety of different broadcast news and radio segments regularly in different parts of the state, from weekly news/radio segments in Northern Michigan, Grand Rapids, Lansing and Ann Arbor to regular monthly news/radio segments in Flint, Detroit, Grand Rapids and more.o Had regular state-wide and national publication interviews as well, including; U.S. News and World Report, Readers Digest, Elite Daily, Women’s Health, Thrive Global, Oakland Press, Hour Detroit, SEEN Magazine and more• Worked with a variety of community health members from children to seniors via presentations, webinars, live social media experiences and other spokesperson opportunities to help educate them to improve their health. I presented a wide range of topics including; general nutrition, weight management, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, exercise, fitness, mental health, wellbeing and more.• Featured writer on the BCBSM health and wellness blog, AHealthierMichigan.org.• Content development and creation for news segments, radio interviews, blogs, videos, podcasts, images, recipes, social media creative and national publication interviews online and in print.o Collaborative integration with various teams and departments across the BCBSM enterprise and amongst many communities across the state of Michigan.

Abbott Park, Il, Us

Warren, Michigan, Us

• Responsible for counseling, educating and teaching families and patients as part of the clinical team. Providing insight about living a healthy lifestyle and providing medical nutrition therapy in regards to; o Weight management counseling for overweight and obese childreno Diet education for children classified as Failure to Thrive or with inadequate weight gain, poor growth or poor nutritional statuso Gluten-free diet for children with Celiac Disease o Diabetic diet counseling, including carbohydrate counting o Counseling and education for children with food allergies o Ketogenic diet education o Evaluation and plan for children on enteral feedings; tube feeding o Eating disorderso Management of intravenous nutrition (TPN)o Lipid disorders and heart healthy diet educationo Other gastrointestinal issues and diet needs• Work with families towards healthy lifestyle goals and improved outcomes regarding diagnoses

Detroit, Mi, Us

• Responsible for the planning, implementation and evaluation of the DSMT program, including and not limited to, patient assessments, patient education, marketing, outreach, and recruitment• Responsible for overall quality of instruction while collecting and analyzing data for positive outcomes• Plan, develop and implement the medical nutrition therapy goals, diabetes consultations, and service expansion objectives to support community services for older adults• Conduct individual client diabetic and medical nutrition therapy assessments, develop client educational plans, lead diabetic education classes

Detroit, Michigan, Us

-Support BCBSM social media strategies by acting as a wellness/health coach on social media platforms.-Provides support on various BCBSM sites in relation to Blue Health Connection online tools and other sites-Designs and develops online health and wellness tools including workplace wellness-Featured columnist on the BCBSM sponsored website - www.aHealthierMichigan.org-BCBSM spokesperson on various media platforms, sharing expertise as a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, and certified health coach-

Detroit, Michigan, Us

• Assess members’ health, nutrition and educational needs through telephonic nutritional assessments • Assist members in developing dietary action plans and coordinating general nutritional health and wellness strategies specific to the member’s disease state through behavior and lifestyle modification; ranging from diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, GI conditions, obesity and other health/wellness topics• Document all calls and care plans and collaborate with health care team to help member with any needs• Perform research on relevant topics related to nutrition for the disease process

* Instruct students, in a group setting, on proper exercise techniques* Motivate students to live a healthier lifestyle* Organize class for a thorough, safe and exciting workout program for students

* Covering a maternity leave as a traveling dietitian• Traveling dietitian exemplifying the ability to be flexible, learn quickly and work well with others• Screen, assess and follow-up with patients needing acute care, including but not limited to geriatric, oncology, ICU, pediatric, cardiac, diabetic, renal, post-op surgery and more• Counsel outpatients regarding diabetes, renal issues, weight management and more• Teach classes ranging a variety of topics from diabetes education to healthy lifestyle modifications and medical nutrition therapy

• Educate adult and pediatric patients with a team of registered dietitians, exercise specialists, registered nurses, certified diabetes educators, and behavioral therapists• Conduct visits with adult and pediatric patients in a weight management program• Teach group classes covering a wide variety of nutrition topics to help patients make healthy lifestyle changes• Work with a Chronic Care Travel Team, where patients are seen at physicians’ offices suffering from a variety of chronic conditions, including, but not limited to, diabetes, asthma, heart disease, hypertension, chronic pain, obesity• Teach diabetes classes to help diabetic patients learn how to properly manage their disease

* Covered a maternity leave* Conduct home visits with various Medicaid patients including pregnant women, postpartum women and babies regarding a variety of diagnoses.* Work with a medical healthcare team of a Registered Dietitian, Registered Nurse and Social Worker to provide best possible service to clients.* Appropriately report all information regarding clients to the State of Michigan.

* Conduct home visits and phone consultations for various patients with diverse diagnoses, including but not limited to, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, malnutrition, hypercholesterolemia, cardiac patients, renal insufficiency, and renal failure.* Counsel patients for a period of time to improve their health.* Report and work as a liaison between the Home Health Care Agency, the patient, the patient’s physicians and the entire medical team

* Direct and organize all aspects of the Varsity High School Dance * Organization, including fundraising, scheduling, and communications.* Choreograph numerous performances throughout the year.* Artistic direction of the team, including costuming, choreography, and musical management.

* Co-Creator of a musical dance and singing revue performed weekly at the Greektown Casino.* Co-Choreographed three original 60-minute acts.* Co-Direct and organize all aspects of the Velocity show, including, artistic design, costuming, and musical selection.* Develop marketing materials for the advertisement and promotion of the show.* Day-to-day operation oversight, including scheduling, rehearsal organization, communications and budget.

Detroit, Mi, Us

• Lead group sessions in the Dietary Modification Intervention arm of the study to help facilitate behavioral changes• Use facilitation skills that encouraged group interaction, promoted an atmosphere of mutual assistance and guided unobtrusively• Encourage participants to take responsibility for their own dietary changes and furthermore monitored these changes and provided feedback• Collect, review and evaluate the completeness and accuracy of the participant's eating patterns and nutritional variety• Coordinate and manage the facilitation of women's health research studies• Coordinate all clinical research, personnel and budgetary aspects of the Women’s Health Research Unit• Interpret, implement and review protocol policies and procedures as well as, develop and manage daily scheduling of participant clinic visits and staff workload• Responsible for the day-to-day operational and administrative management of the Women’s Health Research Offices

• Plan, direct, and manage all personnel and program operations of WIC• Supervise and provide ongoing training to staff on WIC program policy and procedures• Serve as a liaison between the Detroit Urban League, the Wellness Plan, Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) and Michigan State University Extension to facilitate proper coordination and integration of the WIC Program• Conduct high-risk nutrition counseling sessions and follow-up meetings for WIC clientele and develop nutrition education materials for WIC participants• Provide WIC services and perform supportive procedures in accordance with MDCH and WIC policy and procedures

Mba - Marketing And Management

2 Bs Degrees, Psychology And Dietetics