Looking back on these past 6 weeks, there are so many new things I have learned from Susan and about myself. I have had the opportunity to work on a book PR project, utilizing twitter, writing blogs, attending Susan’s nutrition talks, and motivational interviewing workshops. In these 6 weeks I have had the opportunity to […]
Growing up, I was one of those people who ate whatever they wanted and worked it off by playing three varsity sports. However, when I entered college, I gained the seemingly inevitable freshman 15, which unbeknownst to me set the trajectory for the course of my future. That summer through the process of trial and error […]
My three favorite foods growing up were eggs, ice-cream and mac and cheese. Food at my house was kept simple with modest meals as part of our everyday lives growing up in Puerto Rico. When I got to college, I had no idea nutrition was an option for a major, as it was not even […]
Life began for me in an idyllic sort of way: on a farm in the countryside with a mom who fed me organic vegetables from her garden, all before I was even out of the womb. One of my earliest childhood memories is of my mother’s daily routine. Everyday she would gather the fresh fruit […]
Part of becoming a Registered Dietitian is going to various rotations in different work environments to learn all aspects of the field of nutrition. My rotation for the past 3 weeks has been in a private practice setting with Susan Dopart. Though short, my time spent with her was powerful and life changing. Although most […]