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New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

Life, health and nutrition coaching for smart, motivated, active people who are ready for a bold next step.

Greater New York City Area

• 2nd Bytes teaches nutrition and media literacy inspiring students to critically view and redirect media messages to promote health. The program exposes media’s impact on food choices empowering students to decipher.
• Teach students practical nutrition topics, how to read labels and basic cooking techniques.
• Teach students to analyze popular advertisements and to critically view media images targeted atthem.
• Encourage students to write and produce their own media segment for a healthy food product orbehavior.

New York, NY

Food in the Arts: American Media This curriculum, teaches how to critically analyze the portrayal of food in the media, deciphering its influence on tastes, purchases, and beliefs. It explores how media develops characters by what they eat and drink and uses food to reinforce class, gender and racial stereotypes. The class examines cooking as.

Greater New York City Area

• Wellness in the Schools (WITS) inspires healthy eating, environmental awareness and fitness as a way of life for kids in public schools. Responsibilities included:
• Teaching cooking and nutrition classes to students in kindergarten through 6th Grade.
• Training and overseeing kitchen staff in the production of an alternative healthy menu.
• Worked with various restaurant chef partners to create and promote healthy food events in the cafeteria.
• Educated school administrators, teachers and parents about the importance of healthy eating and exercise and developed programs to infuse these values throughout the school.

Greater New York City Area & Aspen, Colorado

Provided health and wellness services combining life coaching, healthy cooking lessons and yoga instruction to individuals and organizations.

Delivered marketing consulting and event planning services to businesses, individuals and not-for-profit organizations.

Greater New York City Area & Aspen, Colorado

Ran marketing and sales for a start‐up organization offering small­‐scale waterborne transportation service in the East and Hudson Rivers.

Greater New York City Area

Helped build and run marketing for member­‐driven community web site for teenagers.

Greater New York City Area

Founded and ran an educational not­‐for­‐profit organization to promote reading, writing, and communication among teenagers through a website and literary journal.

Foods, Nutrition, And Wellness Studies, General

Certified to work with and advise clients on nutrition, meal planning and overall wellness.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Food Studies, Gpa: 4.0

Activities and Societies: Presented "The Depiction of Female Gender in Billions: Television's Portrayal of Women" at AFHVS/ASFS Annual.

Chef Certification, Health-Based Culinary Arts And Nutrition Therapy

Certified Personal And Professional Coach

500 Hour Yoga Alliance Certified Instructor

Master Of Arts - Ma, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Focus on the psychological impact of media

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), English, Psychology, Art History