Christa Petersen
DTR, DPD Student
Montclair State University,
Montclair, NJ
I am a Dietetic Technician, Registered (DTR) with an Associate's Degree in Dietetic Technology. I'm currently a full-time student completing a Bachelor’s degree from Montclair State University's Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD) and am applying to dietetic internships for this fall. I am a student member of SCAN and enjoy reading the entire SCAN DPG website, and especially the many “how to tips” about RD career paths in weight management and sports dietetics.
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Kelsey Wallour
Nutrition Sciences
Baylor University
Waco, TX
I am currently a senior nutrition major at Baylor University in Waco, Texas set to graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Family and Consumer Sciences in early August. Only a few days later I will start orientation for the DI/MS program at University of Tennessee Knoxville, where Karen Wetherall, MS, RD, LDN, is the internship director. My faculty thesis advisor will be Hollie Raynor, PhD, RD, and in January 2013 I will begin serving as a graduate teaching assistant for one of Lauren Gellar’s, PhD, RD, undergraduate nutrition courses.
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Angela Luciani
Undergraduate Student
Nutrition Major
Drexel University
My name is Angela Luciani and I am 21 years of age. My hometown is York, PA. Presently, I am a junior at Drexel University studying Nutrition and Foods. Drexel offers a co-op program, which offers students the opportunity to spend 6 months out of the school year to gain on-the-job-experience in the student's area of interest. Currently, my co-op cycle runs from April 2012-September 2012. Outside of co-op and the traditional school setting, my other interests include: working out at the gym or running along boathouse row on the Schuylkill River, spending time with friends, and sorority sisters as well as attending various sporting events! In addition, I hold the position of social chair for my sorority Delta Phi Epsilon.
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Jessica Alvarez
Dietetics Student
Lehman College
I am an undergraduate in the didactic program in Dietetics, Foods, and Nutrition at Lehman College. I am 23 years old from Astoria, New York. I come from a very ethnic background being Colombian, Greek and Egyptian. My family is quite the opposite from most; my mother is the sport fanatic and father doesn't care for it, so sport was always a big deal. With three brothers and a mother following sports, it was only a matter of time before I did, too. I have always liked sports, basketball and baseball (Celtics and Yankees), but it wasn't until recently that I learned and loved football (Steelers & Panthers).
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Eric Meredith
Graduate student, Masters of Human Nutrition Coordinated Program,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Over the course of my career, I have done many exciting things which include being a Russian linguist in the US Navy, selling Internet software for IBM and managing multiple restaurants at McDonald’s Corporation. Although I am very proud of my past accomplishments, my true calling is to help people improve their lives through nutrition, fitness and lifestyle education. In preparation for my journey to become America’s healthiest chef, I attended culinary school at the Illinois Institute of Art in Chicago. After culinary school, I gained valuable food service experience at McDonald’s Corporation as a Restaurant Operations Consultant and later as a Director of Business Development for ARAMARK.
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