Marina Lucio, Rdn, Ld Email & Phone Number

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Responsibilities include developing content and implementing programs for Early Childhood Nutrition Education, School-Age Nutrition Education, and Adult Nutrition Education.-Develop and update an annual calendar, conduct home-visits, lead web-based and classroom trainings for child care providers and field staff, support and train Afterschool and Summer Educators in nutrition concepts and best nutrition practices and messaging and conduct nutrition lessons for adults.-Implement the Healthy Children, Healthy Weights Curriculum developed by Columbus Public Health for family child care providers interested in going above and beyond current nutrition and physical activity recommendations for the children they care for. -Plan and implement 5 statewide Family Engagement Nights to celebrate the Family Child Care Providers who completed the Healthy Children, Healthy Weights trainings. The Family Engagement Nights serve as an opportunity to celebrate our providers and their families and a chance to engage the children and families they work with in a night filled with nutrition messaging and physical activity education in a fun and safe environment.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Developed a 10-week lesson plan based on the CATCH Kids Club Nutrition and Physical Activity curriculum for Nutrition and Physical Activity Educators. -Implemented the CATCH Kids Club curriculum at open-site locations to individuals aged 1 to 18. -Collected and assembled program evaluation data to improve programming and outreach.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Gained extensive knowledge about proper energy and macronutrient needs for athletes depending on current body weight and height, desired weight and shape, activity level outside of and during training, sports involved with, positions assigned, and reported current or past injuries.-Recommended pre- and post-workout snacks and meals for athletes to aid in athletic performance and prevent illness/injury.-Provided one-on-one counseling to athletes for low-iron, weight gain, and weight loss. -Assisted athletes in making healthy choices from the Fuel Zone.-Set up catering and ordered snacks for athletes to comply with NCAA rules.-Practiced foodservice management skills and utilized food safety procedures when preparing carbohydrate smoothies, making protein shakes, receiving shipments, and restocking products.-Read multiple articles about sports nutrition to stay current on the research and recommendations for athletes. -Designed handouts and posters to aid in nutrition education and promote proper nutrition for athletic performance.-Completed two research projects pertaining to the proper amounts of macronutrients needed to fuel athletes as well as how to treat athletes with medical conditions such as celiac disease, lactose intolerance, and eating disorders.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Worked with infants and children aged newborn to 5 years as well as with pregnant and nursing women. -Performed nutrition assessments, determined and assigned risk factors, recommended interventions, and monitored and evaluated progress.-Gained experience in interpreting growth charts for the pediatric population as well as for pregnant women. -Ensured that infants, children, and pregnant women were developing as expected and receiving adequate nutrition. -Counseled nursing women and new mothers on proper feeding techniques, proper bottle care, proper formula preparation, when to introduce certain foods and textures to their infants, and much more. -Educated mothers on proper nutrition and guided them in making healthier choices when using their WIC coupons. -Documented all appointments and filed notes into appropriate charts. -Consulted the care team for patients who were not up-to-date on shots, for patients who presented with low iron more than once, and for patients who were overweight/obese with no progress toward improvement.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Worked in an outpatient setting, where I conducted individual nutrition counseling sessions, facilitated group classes, attended shared medical appointments, and assisted with nutrition-related events. -Independently performed nutritional assessments, determined diagnoses, recommended interventions, and monitored and evaluated progress. -Utilized motivational interviewing skills to guide goal setting and inspire patients to make necessary changes for better management of their disease or illness.-Documented notes and scheduled follow-up appointments as needed. -Helped plan and facilitate group weight loss classes, diabetes education classes, and COPD management classes. -Collaborated with other healthcare team members by attending shared medical appointments.-Helped assist with raffles and cooking demos to promote nutrition services at the VA.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Completed my foodservice management rotation at Doctor's Hospital-Ohio Health, one of the many hospitals that work with Aramark to provide patient meals. -Gained managerial experience working with over 20 staff.-Ensured all food service safety, sanitation, and hygiene policies and procedures were followed correctly. -Gained experience with taking inventory, ordering and receiving products, rotating stock, implementing FIFO, reducing food waste, marketing healthy options, resolving customer and patient complaints, participating in preparing and delivering patient meals, ensuring all items were properly dated and stored, and assigning cleaning duties to staff each week. -Helped prepare a training manual for dietary hosts, so that patient compliance with dietary restrictions could be better monitored.

Dayton, Ohio Area

-Performed nutritional assessments, determined nutritional diagnoses, recommended interventions to treat nutritional problems such as pressure ulcers and infections, monitored and evaluated treatment methods, documented notes, collaborated with the healthcare team, worked with dietary staff, and stayed up-to-date on the most current treatment methods for long-term care residents and rehabilitation patients. -Attended a number of staff meetings to discuss treatment options for high-risk residents and patients.-Participated in care conferences, delivering nutritional recommendations for discharge.-Attended in-service conferences to better learn how to communicate with residents and patients who have had a stroke, who were diagnosed with alzheimer's disease, and who were on hospice care.

Columbus, Ohio Area

-Gained experience working in The Ross Heart Hospital and The James Cancer Hospital. -Worked with many patients roomed on general medical floors and the SICU. -Completed patient consultations, delivered patient nutrition education, calculated individual energy and protein needs, determined tube feed formulas and rates for patients requiring alternative feeding methods, performed nutritional assessments, determined nutritional diagnoses, recommended specific interventions to treat nutritional problems, monitored and evaluated treatment methods, documented notes, collaborated with the healthcare team, attended patient rounds, and delivered patient-centered care. -Obtained experience with outpatient treatment, counseling patients with varying medical conditions including overweight/obesity, diverticulitis, Chron's disease, diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, celiac disease, dysphagia, and much more.

Health And Rehabilition Sciences, Medical Dietetics, Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Medical Dietetics, 3.5

Recipient of The Ohio State University's Morrill Scholarship, 2010. Inducted into The Ohio State University's Health Sciences Scholars.