Personal Narrative: A Career In Dietary Arts

Honestly, there was a certain part of the decision where I didn’t feel like going back to school for 4 years for a culinary degree but, I always wanted to be an attorney since I was a little kid and I thought it would be cool to help other people. Also, to get a law degree was only 3 years of schooling instead of 4 years to get a culinary degree. I received my bachelor’s degree from the University of Rhode Island and my law degree from Loyola University New Orleans after leaving the Navy.

I have a solid understanding of classic culinary techniques. My expertise includes: Hands on passionate cooking, catering management, create recipes, prepare food menus, supervise staff. I have outstanding administrative skills.

My educational background in biomedical engineering and biochemistry along with my work experience in several research laboratories has prepared me to be an attentive learner and to be able to both design and complete innovative research projects in conjunction with others. I have always had a passion for cooking and food science and I am looking for an opportunity to broaden my skillsets outside

Currently, I have been working as a community nutritionist for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children for over a year and half. My job responsibilities at the office include determination of eligibility of clients, assessment of nutritional health risks, and presentation of nutrition

My name is Maria Nava, I am majoring in nutrition with an emphasis in wellness. I received my associates degree in arts from TCC. I am currently an employee at a dental office. I have been a registered dental assistant for seven years now. On my free time I enjoy spending time with my family and daughter. I also enjoy going out to baseball games, salsa dancing and shopping. One thing that makes me unique would be that although I am Mexican I don't like spicy

I currently work for a large retirement and nursing home community as a certified dietary

I want to work in an upscale restaurant where I see people enjoying my food that I came up with. Also, it will attract people from other states and celebrities to come to my restaurant. By being in college, it will help me get a job to most restaurants. Plus I have a creative mind when it comes to food. Plus I’m so determine to be successful nothing can stop me. I can’t think of anything else but cooking and seeing people enjoying my food. When I cook for my family I always see them smiling and it makes me so happy. You can’t even imagine how happy I will get when I see see other people smiling at my food.

One program we discussed in detail is the Culinary Job Training Program (CJTP). This program provides unemployed or underemployed adults with culinary training as a segway to meaningful careers in food service. The courses are taught by a professional chef at the IFFS headquarters in Raleigh. Graduates of the CJTP program can also elect to take single topic/skill areas courses such as Line Cooking, Baking/Cake Decorating, Breakfast Cookery, Buffet/Platter Presentation, Deli, and Butchery for Continuing Education Credit.

As addressed above, I have developed strong skills in clerical-food service through my work experience in Centralia Elementary School District. For example, my command over English and Spanish combined with my excellent secretarial skills, makes me just the right candidate for this

Along with having the desire to work in the field of dietetics, I have made extensive contributions to my current and previous employers. These

Getting a Bachelors of Science in Nutrition is a valuable investment. There are different careers to choose from that include clinical, corporate, food service, government and military service. In nutrition, the more experienced the person is the better the opportunities. Therefore, as a nutrition undergraduate student, I plan to build my experience to be a competitive applicant for the careers I wish to work for, which are a nutrition lecturer, nutrition marketing business partner, or nutrition researcher.

Hard working, reliable and personable individual with excellent teamwork, time management and problem solving skills as proven by employment history. Motivated by challenge and dedicated to achieving success. I have kitchen, food safety, food assembly and cleaning experience as demonstrated while working at Holmview Mcdonald's. I also have stock replenishment and customer service experience as demonstrated while working at Drake's IGA Rochedale.

I have previous work experience in the Nutrition field, but my dietetic internship experience is what has prepared me to thrive in this position. Throughout the internship, I have learned about compassion, how to communicate with patients, and how to interact with the medical team. From all of my rotations,

As a junior this year and three season under my belt I am very happy with my decision to try something new. As a freshman I decided to go out for tennis. Luckily for me, the program at my high school was a feeding program so they don’t cut freshman because we are the future of the program. But it was my very good friend who got me to get out of my shell and try something new with her.

I was fortunate to start my career at 16 at Chick-fil-A where I learned about teamwork and what it truly means to adopt a service philosophy. From there I polished up my culinary skills and learned about efficiency working as an assistant chef at