• Supported multidisciplinary team to plan and carryout 7-week BodyWorks Family program. Lead English, Spanish as well as the children curriculum under the supervision of Dr. Kreutzer and Dr. Orozco. Used real life examples to my explanations (like how to create a MyPlate inspired breakfast/lunch/ or dinner). If I didn’t know an answer to a question, I made sure to ask my supervisors for advice and guidance on how to deal with any unfamiliar situation. Open to suggestion on how to improve my overall performance by attended training and feedback groups after each session.
• Created a better structure within the established program by recruiting volunteers from CSUN to make parents’ experience more helpful with a one-on–one interaction. Follow up with CSUN students to make sure that they finished the program they committed to and that they did their hours/ responsibilities so that we could finish the project on time.
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Growing up in a Mexican-American household, I grew up in a type 2 diabetes/cancer prone environment in which lead me to do my own behavioral changes in my family. For example, there was instance during week 3 (September 2015) of the program where I was able to encourage a dad in the contemplation stage of change to engage in conversation and start thinking about future changes for him and his family. As we started to look at the nutrition labels I mentioned if anyone knew the difference between “good fats and bad fats.” The father was stunned. He had no idea there could possibly be such thing as a “good fat.” I used this time to start a conversation to remind parents that all foods can be build as part of a healthy lifestyle. Towards the end of the lecture he was not as reluctant to change and stopped making discouraging comments in front of other
• Created a better structure within the established program by recruiting volunteers from CSUN to make parents’ experience more helpful with a one-on–one interaction. Follow up with CSUN students to make sure that they finished the program they committed to and that they did their hours/ responsibilities so that we could finish the project on time.
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Growing up in a Mexican-American household, I grew up in a type 2 diabetes/cancer prone environment in which lead me to do my own behavioral changes in my family. For example, there was instance during week 3 (September 2015) of the program where I was able to encourage a dad in the contemplation stage of change to engage in conversation and start thinking about future changes for him and his family. As we started to look at the nutrition labels I mentioned if anyone knew the difference between “good fats and bad fats.” The father was stunned. He had no idea there could possibly be such thing as a “good fat.” I used this time to start a conversation to remind parents that all foods can be build as part of a healthy lifestyle. Towards the end of the lecture he was not as reluctant to change and stopped making discouraging comments in front of other