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Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Dell Children's Comprehensive Care Clinic- Responsible for conducting nutritional assessments and providing recommendations for children with complex health care needs.

Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area

Dell Children's Medical Center- Responsible for conducting nutritional assessments and providing recommendations and education to all patient types in a medium-sized pediatric hospital. --Served as the primary dietitian for the Intensive Care unit from 2018-2022, and the Eating Disorder, Neurological, Surgical and Behavioral Health units from 2017-2018..

Austin, Texas Area

Responsible for providing Medical Nutrition Therapy to teen, adult and geriatric patients, teaching nutrition groups focused on mental health, and conducting kitchen inspections and audits at three in-patient psychiatric hospitals in the Austin Area.

Responsible for training new staff members, leading and managing front of house staff and chefs during catering events, interfacing with customers, and providing exemplary customer service despite high pressure situations.

Austin, Texas

Completed supervised practice in the areas of clinical dietetics, food service management, administrative, with specialty rotations in critical care, outpatient oncology, diabetes and weight management counseling, and outpatient community counseling.

Austin, Texas Area

Executed test batches of products in development, sourced ingredients for product development, conducted sensory, analytical and shelf life testing on client products, and investigated the use of natural antimicrobials in natural products.

Master’s of Arts in Nutritional Sciences. Conducted nutritional science research, managed research projects and undergraduate researchers, presented data at conferences at guest lectures, and performed literature reviews, data analysis, and published a research paper- Miller et al. Dietary fibre linked to decreased inflammation in overweight minority.

Prepared and presented lectures for Introduction to Nutritional Science and Assessment of Nutritional Status Lab. Responsible for grading, discipline, holding office hours, tutoring. Also assisted professors with classroom instruction, exam administration and grading for Introduction to Nutritional Science and Nutrition Through the Life Cycle.

Responsible for managing front of house staff, training new staff members, ordering and receiving, managing catering responsibilities, and satisfying customer needs.

Member of the Emergency Preparedness Response Team- Called on to conduct microbiological assays to rule out potential bioterrorism agents. Also conducted a research project titled “Implementation of the Bruce-Ladder Multiplex PCR Assay to Speciate Brucella Isolates Detected in Virginia.” Responsible for conducting scientific literature searches, data.

Conducted a research project titled “Innate Immune Response to a Novel H1N1 Infection.” Responsible for conducting scientific literature searches, data collection and analysis, poster preparation, and daily microbiological testing assays.

Conducted a research project titled “Molecular Subtyping of Norovirus Strains.” Responsible for conducting scientific literature searches, data collection and analysis, poster preparation, and presentation of results.

Coordinated Program In Dietetics, Nutrition

Master’S Degree, Nutrition Sciences

Thesis: Dietary Fiber Linked to Decreased Inflammation in Overweight Minority Youth.

Bachelor’S Degree, Microbiology, General

Activities and Societies: Longhorn Band Section Leader Texas Drums Phi Beta Kappa