E D U C A T I O N

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY – Teachers College, 2007
Master of Science in Nutrition and Education

Dietetic Internship

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA – Berkeley, 2000
Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

S E L E C T E D   W O R K   E X P E R I E N C E

CORPORATE NUTRITIONIST, FreshDirect in New York City. (09/2009 – current)

ADJUNCT FACULTY, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (08/2010 — 01/2012)

• Instructor, Community Nutrition, graduate courses
• Instructor, Community Nutrition Education, undergraduate course

NUTRITION COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT. New York, NY. (2006 – current)

• Author and manage publication process for nutrition education books
• Write articles for trade magazines and peer-reviewed research journals
• Develop targeted content for commodity foods and food products for a range of audiences from consumers to cardiologists
• Create inquiry-based nutrition education curricula, including conception, development, writing, implementation, and measurement

DIETETIC INTERN. New York, NY. (09/2006 – 07/2007)
New York Presbyterian Hospital of Columbia and Cornell

• Provided clinical nutrition care for the following units: Cardiac, Adult Intensive Care, Neonatal Intensive Care, and Pediatric Intensive Care.
• Assessed nutrition needs, recommended plans and evaluation measures, engaged in patient-centered diet education, and worked as a team member with dietitians and other health professionals.
• Revamped lesson plan on carbohydrate counting for food service staff with positive results: a well-received in-service with high participation and enthusiastic evaluations from participants.

Columbia University Head Start

• Created and implemented lesson plan for parents of toddlers related to increasing fruit and vegetable intake in toddlers
• Systematically reviewed medical charts and identified nutritional risk factors for site population aged 0-5 years. Wrote summary report and recommendations on findings. Proposed process revisions.

United Way of NYC

• Designed and carried out nutrition education for staff development at CentralHarlemAlcoholCrisis Center.
• Studied then synthesized previous year’s New YorkState funded Eat Well, Play Hard grant reports to be distributed to advisory committee.
• Evaluated new Eat Well, Play Hard grant applications as part of advisory committee; collaborated with nutrition community members from various organizations including New York State Department of Health, United Way of NYC, and emergency food coordinators.

Healthy Schools, Healthy Families

• Transformed input from school faculty to design and actualize a behavior-based lesson plan for 4th grade students in East Harlem. Lesson focused on snacking and making choices at local bodegas.
• Interactive teaching methods included: song writing/ singing, demonstrations, team building, and inquiry-based lesson.

NUTRITION EDUCATOR. New York, NY. (09/2006 – 01/2007)
Harlem-RBI After-school Program

• Devised behavior-based nutrition education program (8 lessons), and guided 3rd and 4th grade students through lessons as part of an after-school program in East Harlem. Lessons provided twice a week in the fall. Aided in transition of new instructors in January of 2007.

WORKPLACE WELLNESS PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT. San Francisco, CA. (06/2006 – 09/2006)
WellCall, Inc.

• Completed needs assessment for on-line nutrition education program for diverse worksites.
• Envisioned and created theory-based content for 13-module on-line program named EatWell (due out in early 2007) that will be offered to clients who are interested in improving eating habits.
• Partnered with team of Health Coaches and Internet Technology Manager to improve final product as a team and to supervise the actual manifestation of EatWell as it appears on-line to clients.

SITE COORDINATOR. Bronx, NY. (01/2006 – 06/2006)
LiFE (Linking Food and the Environment) Science Curriculum
FoodChange: Nutrition, Education, Financial Empowerment

• Through the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program, supervised 6 classrooms and facilitated all aspects of implementation of a nutrition-based science curriculum (LiFE) that was developed at Teachers College, ColumbiaUniversity with support from the National Institutes of Health, NationalCenter for Research Resources, and Science Education Partnership Award.
• Provided professional development, revised lesson plans, and coordinated materials for lessons. Monitored lessons, offered technical expertise in nutrition, and taught in classrooms as requested.
• Acted as liaison between Teachers College of Columbia University, FoodChange, and the principal and faculty of PS 211. Worked closely with curriculum authors in process evaluation, editing materials as needed.

C O M M U N I T Y  I N V O L V E M E N T
EDITOR-in-CHIEF. New York, NY. (05/2010 – current)
The Greater New Yorker, Newsletter of the Greater New York Dietetic Association

• Involved in all aspects of publication. Generated stories, recruited writers, edited language, formatted layout, worked with duplication services, and mailed out issues on a quarterly basis.
• Reached out to alumni for regularly occurring Alumni Spotlight column, plus special alumni issue.

EDITOR. New York, NY. (01/2005 – 05/2007)
The Grapevine, Student Publication of the Program in Nutrition
Columbia University – Teachers College

• Involved in all aspects of publication. Generated stories, recruited writers, edited language, formatted layout, worked with duplication services, and mailed out issues on a quarterly basis.
• Reached out to alumni for regularly occurring Alumni Spotlight column, plus special alumni issue.

TEACHING ASSISTANT. New York, NY. (09/2006 – 12/2006)
Nutritional Epidemiology with Dr. Lawrence Kushi
Columbia University – Teachers College

• Acted as liaison between professor and 25 graduate students. Prepared assignment and in-class activity materials. Graded portion of final exam.

S K I L L S

COMPUTER LITERACY, including but not limited to: Genesis SQL for R&D, Eclipsys XA Clinical Manager, CMS, SAP; and general literacy in Mac OP, Windows OP, Microsoft Office programs, Internet (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, WordPress, IE), Lotus Notes, FTP, and Adobe Acrobat.

A F F I L I A T I O N S  &  A W A R D S    

• NYC School Foods Coalition, representing Greater New York Dietetic Association (2011 – current)
• American Dietetic Association (ADA) (05/2006 – current)
• Greater New York Dietetic Association (GNYDA) (05/2006 – current)
• ADA Leadership and Volunteerism
  • Nominating Committee, Greater New York Dietetic Association (2012 – current)
  • Editor-in-Chief, The Greater New Yorker, newsletter for GNYDA (2010 – current)
  • Web Site Development Task Force, Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition (SCAN) dietetic practice group (2009-2010)
  • Director of Public Relations, SCAN dietetic practice group (2008 – 2009)
• ADA Practice Groups: Food & Culinary Professionals, Sports Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition, Pediatric Nutrition, Weight Management, Nutrition Entrepreneurs, Dietitians in Business and Communications, Public Health & Community
• R.Z. Habas Endowed Scholarship S/A Scholarship (Awarded 01/2007; 09/2006; 05/2005)
• Teachers College Minority Scholarship (Awarded 01/2006; 09/2005)
• Society for Nutrition Education (05/2006 – 05/2008)
• Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education (Inducted 12/2005)