Academic Highlights

I have enjoyed my time as a student at Villanova University, where I gained a foundation in physical and life sciences as a Comprehensive Science Major and a Global Health minor. I have expanded upon my knowledge-base in graduate school, with studying Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at Teachers College, Columbia, University with a purpose of helping others enhance health through nourishment and lifestyle modalities. Thus far, my graduate studies have shaped me as a nutrition scholar, researcher, and educator where I have engaged in a number of diverse learning opportunities including class projects, handout composition, written work, and newsletter articles. I am so thankful for all the wonderful faculty and class peers who have taught and supported me throughout my academic career!

1) Class Projects: Below features several presentations and lessons created and delivered at Teachers College, Columbia University and Villanova University

2) Class Handouts: Below features some nutrition handouts created for elementary students, collegiate athletes, and medical nutrition therapy course at Columbia University

  • Eat the Veggie Rainbow - Handout

  • Training Day Plate - Handout

  • Athlete / Runner Plates - Handout

  • Athlete Supplement Guide - Handout

  • African American Cuisine - Handout

3) Written Work: Below features some personal favorite pieces:

  • Exercise Rx for MS

    Written for my Advanced Exercise and Physical Activity Prescription course, “Multiple Sclerosis: Disease Overview and Management with Exercise” discusses MS background information (e.g., epidemiology, pathophysiology), its diagnosis/treatment, and the role of exercise as a therapeutic outcome for people with MS.

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  • Our Eating Biographies

    Written for a Food, Nutrition, and Behavior course which concisely draws together a semester’s worth of learning about the myriad of factors which influence one’s food choices and eating behaviors

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  • My Evolution as a Nutrition Educator

    Written for my Strategies for Nutrition Education and Health Behavior Change course, this paper details how I have developed as a nutrition educator and my nutrition philosophy (still evolving today!)

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  • The Food and People Dilemma

    Written for my Nutritional Ecology course, “The Food and People Dilemma - A Call for Sustainability and Social Justice” provides a brief introduction into our modern day Food War of collective food abundance and individual food scarcity of fresh, safe, and nutritionally adequate food.

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  • Creatine for Athlete Injury Recovery

    Written for my Seminar in Nutrition and Exercise and Sport course, “Creatine Supplementation Effectiveness in Injury Recovery” evaluated the current research on creatine monohydrate’s role as a therapeutic supplemental intervention for athletes in times of injury.

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4) Newsletter articles: Below are links of select feature/opinion pieces for the Nutrition Program’s newsletter, The Grapevine

  • Fall 2022 Issue

    Article Feature: “Malaysia Grill – A Gastronomic Adventure!”

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  • Summer 2021 Issue

    Article Feature: “Personal Interview
    with Dr. Contento”

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  • Winter 2021 Issue

    Article Feature:
    “Alumni Panel Recap”

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