Experience

MELROSE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Special Education Data Secretary

  • Nov 2021 - Present

• Administrative Assistant

  • Dec 2017 - Nov 2021

• Special Education Paraprofessional

  • Sep 2015 - Dec 2017


Farm Direct Coop
• United States
• Restaurants
• Melrose Depot Coordinator

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2015

Melrose Public Schools -- Franklin Early Childhood Center
• Substitute Teacher

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2015


Healthy Little Appetites

• Owner

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2011

  Owner and sole writer of this food and nutrition blog which provides simple tips, information, and recipes for young families. Owner and sole writer of this food and nutrition blog which provides simple tips, information, and recipes for young families.



self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Nutrition Consultant

  • 2006 - 2011

  Wrote under contract with CSH Consulting. Projects include: 2010-2011: Co-authored "A Healthy Recipe for CACFP: Step-by-step training modules for family child care" 2009: Co-authored "Building a Professional Team" a training manual for school foodservice directors and staff 2008: Co-authored "Small Steps to Health and Wealth: Kids Can Too!" 10 lessons on health and finance for middle school students 2007: Contributed to "Chartwells Customer Service Training Program" a training manual for school foodservice directors and staff 2006: Co-authored "Meeting Children’s Special Food and Nutrition Needs in Child Nutrition Programs" a training manual for school foodservice directors and staff Show less



New England Dairy & Food Council

• United States
• Food and Beverage Manufacturing

• Nutrition Specialist

  • 2001 - 2005

  Led New England rollout of the New Look of School Milk Program Served as Coordinator for the Massachusetts Action for Healthy Kids State Team Organized local implementation of national School Milk Pilot Test Created and presented workshops for multiple varied groups Networked with school foodservice staff, educators and health professionals to ensure their access to credible nutrition knowledge Led New England rollout of the New Look of School Milk Program Served as Coordinator for the Massachusetts Action for Healthy Kids State Team Organized local implementation of national School Milk Pilot Test Created and presented workshops for multiple varied groups Networked with school foodservice staff, educators and health professionals to ensure their access to credible nutrition knowledge



Abt Associates, Inc.

• Associate Analyst

  • 2000 - 2001

  Assisted with design of data collection instruments for the Evaluation of the School Breakfast Pilot ProjectParticipated in pretest of protocol and instruments and summary of results for clientCollaborated in writing of training materialsTrained field interviewers to perform multiple data collection tasks

• Project Nutritionist

  • 1998 - 2000

  Supervised the computer data entry for the "School Nutrition Dietary Assessment Study - II" (SNDA-II)Performed quality control assessment of completed workMaintained nutrient database and worked with software manufacturer to troubleshoot software problems when necessaryDesigned and modified training materials and conducted training sessions