Registered Dietitian

• Jun 2019 - Present

Health Coach

• Aug 2018 - Present

I function as an online health coach, helping people to get to the root cause of their health problems and to reach their genetic potential through nutrition and lifestyle change. I function as an online health coach, helping people to get to the root cause of their health problems and to reach their genetic potential through nutrition and lifestyle change.

Nutrition Consultant, Author, Recipe Developer

• Sep 2016 - Present

I manage a private practice, facilitate nutrition workshops and cooking demonstrations, and teach nutrition seminars. My clients include Tufts University, YMCA, and Mandela Homes. I am active on social media, blogging for a lay audience to help them to make healthier food choices. I share scientific research, personal stories, and newly developed recipes that optimize flavor and nutrition. I have been featured in Self Magazine and Reader's Digest and have written articles for Tufts Nutrition Magazine and Tufts Nutrition Letter.

Consultant Dietitian

• Feb 2018 - Sep 2018

As a registered dietitian, I specialize in assisting individuals in obtaining optimal health and/or sports performance goals, resulting in healthier, longer, and stronger lives through one-on-one health coaching, comprehensive testing (such as genetic, micronutrient, and metabolic testing), and individualized nutrition plans. As a registered dietitian, I specialize in assisting individuals in obtaining optimal health and/or sports performance goals, resulting in healthier, longer, and stronger lives through one-on-one health coaching, comprehensive testing (such as genetic, micronutrient, and metabolic testing), and individualized nutrition plans.

Clinical Dietitian

• Sep 2017 - Feb 2018

Manage and provide Medical Nutrition Therapy on the Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU) and Rehabilitation Service Unit (RSU). Manage nutrition therapy for long-term care residents on hemodialysis. Manage and provide Medical Nutrition Therapy on the Medical Acute Care Unit (MACU) and Rehabilitation Service Unit (RSU). Manage nutrition therapy for long-term care residents on hemodialysis.

Dietitian

• Jan 2017 - Sep 2017

• Nutrition Manager at Curahealth Hospital Boston, overseeing and prescribing all medical nutrition therapy for inpatient residents in the 60-bed long term acute care facility, overseeing kitchen responsibilities, and leading employee weight-loss and wellness initiatives. - Performed comprehensive and individualized nutrition assessments within 72 hours, identified patients at nutritional risk, integrating clinical, anthropometric, laboratory, psycho-social, and nutrition data for patients receiving an oral diet, or enteral or parenteral nutrition. - Provided ongoing individualized recommendations and implemented nutrition care plans that considered the patient's past medical history, age, laboratory data, ethical, religious, and cultural issues. - Participated in interdisciplinary rounds and coordinated patient care with respiratory, pharmacy, dietary, rehabilitation, and medical teams. - Counseled patients on therapeutic diets and prepared patients for discharge. - Designed and implemented a 15-week weight loss challenge for employees, where participants lost up to 12pounds, 4-inches, and 10% of their body weight. - Performed tray audits, meal rounds, and assessed for nutritional adequacy. - Performed and participated in quality improvement initiatives.

Wellness Consultant

• Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

• Rebranded Balance Your Life, a healthy lifestyle program focused on increasing physical activity and improving the nutrition of 5,177 Tufts undergraduate students • Created and helped implement the first annual Wellness Week geared towards creating measurable outcomes • Promote community building and utilize management strategies to engage and motivate stakeholders and undergraduate student volunteers in helping to implement interventions and attain goals • Use unique communication strategies, including social networking, to make program visible, appealing, and relevant to Tufts students. • Create, implement and sustain nutrition and physical activity interventions

Dietetic Intern

• Aug 2014 - May 2016

Clinically focused dietetic internship with over 2,400 hours of experience.Completed rotations in a variety of settings including adult and pediatric inpatient acute care, outpatient counseling, administrative, research, and food service.Inpatient clinical experience includes screening patients to determine nutritional risk, developing initial assessments of nutritional status, implementing nutrition care plans, and monitoring care plans for adult patients in the cardiac, medicine, surgery, oncology, critical care, intensive care, neurocritical care, and rehabilitation units and pediatric patients in the medicine, oncology, intensive care, and neonatal intensive care units using the nutrition care process.Outpatient experience includes participation in patient interviews, collection of 24-hour diet recalls, provision of education and nutrition counseling, and analyzation of diet recalls at Tufts Medical Center at the Frances Stern Nutrition Center, Metabolic Clinic, Dialysis Clinic, Weight and Wellness Center, and Center for Youth Wellness, as well as additional specialized experience at Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center, Joslin Diabetes Center, and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children.• Used motivational interviewing, stages of change model, empathy, listening, and goal setting to effectively to provide evidence-based nutritional recommendations to patients and their families on a variety of topics including cancer survivorship, sports nutrition, weight loss, diabetes management, self-administration of tube feeding, nutritional care after transplantation and during pregnancy• Assessed and developed nutrition care plans for patients using clinical markers and subjective data while being sensitive to patients’ goals of care and financial, social and environmental factors

Research Assistant

• Jun 2014 - Feb 2015

• Performed literature reviews, summarized, organized and displayed data• Co-authored review article published in Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)

Nutrition Intern

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2014

• Observed one-on-one sessions with patients and debrief afterwards • Completed administrative tasks, including compiling a monthly newsletter • Observed one-on-one sessions with patients and debrief afterwards • Completed administrative tasks, including compiling a monthly newsletter

Group Fitness Instructor at Floor Staff

• May 2014 - Aug 2014

• Design, plan, and teach small group fitness classes • Teach clients proper exercise forms and workout routines • Manage floor responsibilities • Maintain Health and Wellness Website, blog, and Newsletter • Design, plan, and teach small group fitness classes • Teach clients proper exercise forms and workout routines • Manage floor responsibilities • Maintain Health and Wellness Website, blog, and Newsletter

Real Food Challenge

• Oct 2013 - May 2014

• Actively participate in the beginning stages of a campus wide initiative to shift current Simmons College food spending to more sustainable, local/community-based, humane, ecologically sound food

Nutrition Liaison

• Sep 2013 - May 2014

• Participate in activity planning, nutrition initiatives, and fundraising opportunities

Dietetic Volunteer

• Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

• Volunteer on a cardiac floor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, reviewing patient charts, counseling patients on a heart healthy diet, and writing up patient notes using standard Nutrition Care Process format. • Volunteer on a cardiac floor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, reviewing patient charts, counseling patients on a heart healthy diet, and writing up patient notes using standard Nutrition Care Process format.

Nutrition Intern

• Jan 2014 - Apr 2014

• Researched the feasibility of a USDA approved School Breakfast Program for the John Glenn Middle School for the purposes of increasing sales to stabilize financial status of food service and serving an under appreciated and growing collection of eligible free breakfast students. • Documented needs assessment and developed a marketing plan to promote the program through flyers, newsletters, and website. • Learned the inner-workings of a school kitchen and the management side of food service.

Vitamin A and Bone Pathology Researcher

• Jan 2012 - May 2012

• Researched the Effects of Vitamin A Stores and Bone Pathology on Vitamin A Deficient rats • Prepared laboratory reagents, chemicals, instruments, and equipment • Worked collaboratively in laboratory setting, implemented organizational tools to further efficiency, co-wrote research paper, presented findings at Experimental Biology conference 2012 • Researched the Effects of Vitamin A Stores and Bone Pathology on Vitamin A Deficient rats • Prepared laboratory reagents, chemicals, instruments, and equipment • Worked collaboratively in laboratory setting, implemented organizational tools to further efficiency, co-wrote research paper, presented findings at Experimental Biology conference 2012

Pre-Med Mentor

• Aug 2010 - May 2012

• Coordinated weekly meetings with two undergrad pre-health students • Provided guidance to underclassmen, mentoring them through experiences concerning their major and college life • Volunteered at Blood Drive, administering screening paperwork • Coordinated weekly meetings with two undergrad pre-health students • Provided guidance to underclassmen, mentoring them through experiences concerning their major and college life • Volunteered at Blood Drive, administering screening paperwork

Harpist

• Aug 2008 - May 2012

• Performed professionally under pressure and effectively managed last minute changes • Complied with the conductor and orchestra, varying my playing in response to those around • Performed gracefully at weddings, playing to accommodate unusual circumstances • Planned and organized the end of the year harp soiree • Performed professionally under pressure and effectively managed last minute changes • Complied with the conductor and orchestra, varying my playing in response to those around • Performed gracefully at weddings, playing to accommodate unusual circumstances • Planned and organized the end of the year harp soiree

Nutrition Intern

• Sep 2011 - Nov 2011

• Interacted with 5 different Dietitians and 5 different nurses as they administered to clients through different stages of the WIC program • Researched breastfeeding and health snacking and made billboards for public education • Administered hemoglobin and pregnancy tests and analyzed results • Calculated height, weight, head circumference, blood pressure, and BMI of clients and plotted growth charts • Taught a children’s nutrition class and an infant’s nutrition class with researched topic and created visual aids and handouts to facilitate learning • Counseled clients nutritious eating and determined risk factors, summarizing a nutrition note on clients • Researched different brands of yogurt and presented findings to employees

Researcher

• Jan 2010 - Dec 2010

• Researched the Effects of Astaxanthin on Delayed Muscle Soreness • Organized and efficiently coordinated subject schedules and diligently e-mailed and called to ensure appointments were kept and nurse knew of scheduled appointments • Assessed and trained 10 subjects on weight machines, educating each subject on the appropriate protocol • Centrifuged blood samples and extracted plasma layer to be further tested by other coworkers • Collaborated well with colleagues, completing tasks accurately and efficiently and verbally encouraged others in their tasks

Internship/Shadow

• Mar 2010 - Mar 2010

• Completed a shadowing internship with Gail Vanark, MSN, FNP-BC, for a 40-hour week over spring break, including observing one-on-one sessions with patients and debrief afterwards • Assembled supplements for patients, labeling based on FNP’s instructions • Administered front desk responsibilities and was offered a job for outstanding professional demeanor • Completed a shadowing internship with Gail Vanark, MSN, FNP-BC, for a 40-hour week over spring break, including observing one-on-one sessions with patients and debrief afterwards • Assembled supplements for patients, labeling based on FNP’s instructions • Administered front desk responsibilities and was offered a job for outstanding professional demeanor

Thunderett

• Sep 2008 - May 2009

• Displayed self discipline, determination, and hard work both during and outside of practices, drastically improving coordinating and flexibility • Was awarded most improved • Displayed self discipline, determination, and hard work both during and outside of practices, drastically improving coordinating and flexibility • Was awarded most improved