Pediatric Oncology Dietitian Dell Children’s Blood and Cancer Center

• Communicate with patients regarding meal preferences and aid with food selections to meet dietary restrictions• Formula mixing for pediatric inpatients requiring customized nutrition

• Provided evidence-based nutrition care at various sites, including Seton Hays (MNT, ICU, and Staff Relief), St. David’s NICU, Dell Children’s Genetic Metabolic Clinic, Fresenius Dialysis, and the Eating Recovery Center • Managed approximately 8-10 in-patient and critical care patients per day in a Level-2 trauma center • Created original nutritional education materials tailored to the needs and characteristics of children, adults, and seniors.• Conduced recipe development and analysis, food waste studies, food product analysis for retail hospital sale, and participated hospital administrative meetings• Worked with state-and-local WIC agencies, San Antonio Food Bank and Texas State University food pantries, and the American Botanical Council to develop grant-based funding opportunities

• Interviewed, assessed, and counseled patients with a wide variety of medical conditions including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Parkinson’s disease, and disordered eating • Student Clinician team member of an integrative diabetes/cardiovascular clinic shift working with naturopathic residents and naturopathic medical students to provide nutrition recommendations and education on this service

• In-patient tray line service• Communicate with patients regarding meal preferences and diets

• Responsibilities included menu planning, working with local farmers to source sustainable ingredients• Schedule development, managing employees, food costing, ordering, and employee skill development

• Lead A.M. Line Cook• Created daily prep-lists, ensured proper food preparation for lunch and dinner service, worked grill and sauté line during lunch and brunch service

Prepared hot and cold items for lunch and dinner cafeteria service for an in-patient hospital setting

• Lead Garde Mangre• Created daily prep-lists, ensured proper food preparation for brunch, lunch and dinner service, worked cold appetizer and dessert station

Prepared whole food, gluten-free, low-fat meals for a private chef meal delivery service

Staff Research Associate; conducted research in nanoparticle encapsulation, developed SOP for lab analytical equipment, maintained analytical equipment, developed lab inventory system, ordering of laboratory materials and equipment

• Synthesis of small molecule probes for labeling of complex proteomes; synthesis of isoxazolidines for use as artificial transcriptional activation domain; synthesis and evaluation of small molecule inhibitors of Phosphopantothenoylcystine synthetase• Development of labeling protocols of complex proteome, and inhibition studies of human histone deacetylase 8

• Synthesis of chromaphoric substrates for probing the specificity of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen; synthesis of Phosphoryl Glutamate Analogs as reversible inhibitors of Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen• HPLC-based enzyme kinetic assay development

Worked as a phlebotomist in both outpatient and inpatient settings