Dietitian at BronxWorks​

April 2024 - present

• Non-profit food service and community health dietitian

• ​Menu compliance with New York City Food Standards and CACFP for infant, children, adolescent, adults, and older adults for low-income diverse demographic

  • NYC Department of Homeless Services (DHS)

  • NYC Department for Aging (DFTA)

  • Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP)

• Menu creation and nutrition analysis - review and rebuild healthy meals tailored cultural foodways, MOSAIC nutrition software setup, streamlining nutrition analysis review with Microsoft Excel 

• Dietary accommodation - medical, vegetarian, vegan, heart healthy, consistent carbohydrate diet, halal, and kosher dietary accommodation with working with healthcare providers, program directors, and case managers

• ​In-service training - menu compliance, food safety, management, kitchen operation, kitchen onboarding

• Kitchen policy, protocol, best practices - team communication, inventory, catering delivery ensuring, procurement schedule, medical accommodation procedure and documentation, training schedule, meal serving and delivery schedule, call out communication

• Audits - funder program, nutrition requirements, and food safety compliance

• ​Community nutrition - Nutrition curriculum review, nutrition education workshops, and culinary demos

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Dietetic Internship at University of Illinois at Chicago

May 2022 - May 2023​

• Inpatient - long-term care consulting​

• Outpatient - private practice for weight loss and wellness counseling​

• Food Service - contract company for a private K-4 school​

• Community Nutrition - grocery store in socioeconomically and culturally diverse neighborhood​

• Elective - Illinois Farmers Market Association for farmers market-related local food system and local and state regulation and policy resources