OBJECTIVE

Seeking an educator position working with older adults providing nutrition instruction.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

** ***** ** ******** ************ nutrition education to seniors, school children, immigrant, homeless, and other underserved communities.

12 years conducting community outreach to diverse populations including seniors, low income, immigrant, and refugees.

13 years providing hospice, public health, in-home senior care, and other support.

Detail oriented, organized, and able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Excellent interpersonal skills with ability to relate effectively to individuals of all ages, backgrounds, and cultures.

Multilingual: Fluent in English, Spanish, some French, German and Italian.

EXPERIENCE

2022 – Present - San Diego County HHSA, San Diego, San Diego CA, Community Health Worker Liaison

Provide an opportunity for partners and organizations to build and maintain County network.

Outreaching and promoting health equity and efforts to reduce health disparities through engagement with clients, professional colleagues, and community partners.

Serving Rural Populations. Engaging, educating, and facilitating an understanding of public health led efforts via one-on-one interactions or group settings.

Coaching, supporting, and assisting colleagues and other departments staff by providing training, support, and mentoring as needed.

Supporting Behavioral Health Care. Communicating multiple techniques, interventions and help community members understand and feel empowered to address health risks for themselves, their family members and or their communities.

Serve as a liaison between the community and the health care, government, and social service systems.

Serving population with limited English proficiency. Representing the County of San Diego in promoting community health and education in cooperation with other Live Well Partners, community agencies and outside health resources.

Serving as a case manager and determining client needs and develops an appropriate case plan utilizing the NavaApp application.

Provide consumer-directed services through a range of activities, such as outreach, transition support, social support and community education.

Ensure all citizens have access to the resources they need. Relay the organization’s interests and work to further these through collaborative efforts.

2019 – 2022 - San Diego County HHSA, San Diego, San Diego CA, Supervisor and Lead Educator

Lead trainings for ancillary COVID-testing and outreach team

Assist Public Health Nurses with COVID-19 testing and Vaccination, currently working at the hotels, shelters and Homeless Resource Centers.

Oversee other ancillary staff, ensuring an open communication flow and adhering to proper guidelines.

2016 – 2023 - San Diego County HHSA, San Diego, San Diego CA – Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Specialist

Teach in person and online courses.

oCourse content: health eating to maintain a healthy lifestyle (addressing pre-existing conditions), physical activity for seniors, chronic disease prevention (e.g., diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease), childhood obesity prevention.

oDevelop and implement new and existing materials and curriculum content.

Teach multilingual nutrition education classes to seniors, immigrant, refugee, children, and other underserved populations.

Implement objectives of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed)/NEOP program grant under the County of San Diego HHSA

Partner with Communities of Excellence in Nutrition, Physical Activity and Obesity Prevention (CX3), the County Nutrition Action Partnership (CNAP), and Live Well San Diego to provide culturally competent interventions to low income populations that address critical community health issues, implementing public health strategies (e.g., social marketing campaigns, safe routes to school, and healthy food access) to promote environmental and systems level changes on health, wellness, and nutrition issues

Build regional partnership with organizations such as school districts, food distribution sites, senior centers, schools, childcare centers, homeless shelters, summer youth programs, libraries, parks, and local grocery stores to reach target audience and develop an intervention plan to address chronic disease through policy and environmental approaches.

Collaborate with Bayside Community Center’s community garden in support of the Live Well San Diego initiative to build healthy, safe, and thriving communities; implement best practices that are economically profitable, environmentally sound and socially equitable.

Featured nutrition expert on Univision television and radio broadcasts.

Received several awards and recognitions for outstanding job performance.

2011 – Present - Sharp Healthcare, San Diego, CA- Hospice Attendant

Monitor and document patient and family care at in-home or hospital site. Provide palliative care to terminally ill patients. Identify and respond to patient and family needs for support and reassurance.

2011 – 2016 - Social Advocates for Youth (SAY) San Diego, San Diego CA - Nutrition Education and Obesity Prevention Specialist

Intake Case Manager. Conducts eligibility assessments for medical and other government funded health and human services programs. Determines client needs and develops an appropriate case plan. Arrange for services from community providers. Mateine records and prepare reports. Screen client to determine needs and appropriate program service referrals. Report abuse.

Teach multilingual nutrition education classes to seniors, immigrant, refugee, children, and other underserved populations.

Supported the implementation of school and workplace wellness policies and healthy foods and beverage standards. Assist FRC clients and homeless population with Medical and Calfresh online application.

Trained Staff to provide ongoing nutrition education.

EDUCATION

2021 - Master’s in Clinical Nutrition, TECH University, Tenerife-Spain

2021 - Master’s in Palliative Care, TECH University, Tenerife-Spain

1983 - Bachelor of Science, Pre-Med - Valencia, Venezuela

COURSEWORK

1984-1987 - Medical School, Universidad de Carabobo, Valencia-Venezuela

TRAININGS & CERTIFICATES

Certified Nurse Assistant, Los Angeles Nursing Academy

Vocational Nurse, Westland College, Los Angeles

Medical Assistant, ROP Sweetwater Union High School District

Acute Care, Southwestern College, San Diego

Healing Touch Practitioner I, II, III, IV, SHARP/Healing Touch Academy

Nutrition Therapist, The Health Science Academy

Peer & Family Support Specialist, NAMI San Diego

Compassion Cultivation, SHARP Health Care

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