Community
Maryland's Food Supplement Nutrition Education Program (FSNE)
- Worked with various educators and a variety of ages teaching and promoting nutrition and healthy habits:
- Elementary School: Growing Healthy Habits Curriculum
- Area Program Leaders: Train the Trainer, Read for Health
- School Wellness Night: Family Meals
- Senior Community: Nutrition Lessons and Food Tasting
- Created an infographic for FSNE's Texts2BHealthy Program
- Researched articles on influencing school wellness policy
- Composed a blog post promoting the school breakfast program
- Posted nutrition tips and personal FSNE experiences on Facebook page
- Composed texts for FSNE's Texts2BHealthy program
- Elementary School: Growing Healthy Habits Curriculum
- Area Program Leaders: Train the Trainer, Read for Health
- School Wellness Night: Family Meals
- Senior Community: Nutrition Lessons and Food Tasting
- Created an infographic for FSNE's Texts2BHealthy Program
- Researched articles on influencing school wellness policy
- Composed a blog post promoting the school breakfast program
- Posted nutrition tips and personal FSNE experiences on Facebook page
- Composed texts for FSNE's Texts2BHealthy program
Food and Friends
- Worked in all areas of the operations including: delivery, food preparation, and nutrition services
- Created materials for National Nutrition Month including video scripts and weekly employee activities
- Observed an initial nutrition assessment during a home visit
- Created nutrition related menu tips for clients
- Gained knowledge and insight into disease-specific nutrition therapy goals
- Assisted Dietitian with weekly cooking class
- Presented a brief example to Nutrition Services Team on motivational interviewing technique: mirroring
- Responsible for quality control in the kitchen: including general kitchen inspection, and evaluating the accuracy of the grocery-to-go and home delivered meal items.
- Created materials for National Nutrition Month including video scripts and weekly employee activities
- Observed an initial nutrition assessment during a home visit
- Created nutrition related menu tips for clients
- Gained knowledge and insight into disease-specific nutrition therapy goals
- Assisted Dietitian with weekly cooking class
- Presented a brief example to Nutrition Services Team on motivational interviewing technique: mirroring
- Responsible for quality control in the kitchen: including general kitchen inspection, and evaluating the accuracy of the grocery-to-go and home delivered meal items.
Montgomery County Public Schools
- Accompanied field manager to multiple site visits to better understand how the school lunch program operates in Montgomery County
- Gained a better understanding of: - Food purchasing and procurement - Free and reduced meals application process - Summer and daycare nutrition programs - Maryland Meals for Achievement and the School Breakfast Program - Worked on various promotional projects for MCPS - Assisted with a lunchtime sampling at an elementary school |
Prince George's Area Agency on Aging
- Gained a better understanding of the services the Area of Aging has to offer including: home bound meal services and senior center activities,
- Observed different management techniques - Worked on health promotion brochure on fall prevention for the elderly population - Created nutrition tips for monthly menus - Assisted site coordinator with kitchen and meal service evaluation - Met with Director to go over budgeting and financials |