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Kimberly Lucero

Torrance

Summary

Motivated and dynamic health professional seeking clinical nutrition experience for an organization that prioritizes high quality nutrition care and programming. Passionate about strengthening my nutrition skillsets and growing with a team of competent and dynamic healthcare professionals.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Dietetic Intern

AdventHealth Porter
Denver
08.2024 - 10.2024
  • Utilized evidence-based MNT guidelines to conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments, interventions, and education for patients across inpatient medical, surgical, oncological, critical, behavioral health, and outpatient transplant care settings.
  • Tactfully determined appropriate enteral feeding formulas, feeding tube methods, and parenteral feeding formulas, while monitoring their efficacies throughout the treatment process.
  • Highly proficient in working with technological tools and in-person interpreters to communicate health information to diverse populations.

Health Educator

Optum-UnitedHealth Group
Los Angeles
01.2013 - 09.2024
  • Collaborated with an interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop disease management and prevention programming for high-risk, diverse patient populations.
  • Educated and empowered patients in the management of type 2 diabetes, all stages of chronic kidney disease, congestive heart failure, COPD, breastfeeding, and individualized weight control.
  • Regularly demonstrated motivational interviewing and S.M.A.R.T. Goal setting for behavior change in health management consultations and class settings.
  • Directed and delegated task forces in the development and implementation of patient-centered, reading-level-suitable, learning materials for various health-related topics.
  • Led interactive nutrition programs to promote age-appropriate nutritional knowledge and physical education for groups of children and their parents.

Education

Master of Science - Dietetics

University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
05.2025

Didactic Program - Dietetics

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA
06.2012

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Communication
  • Nutrition assessment
  • Patient education
  • Disease management
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Health programming

Awards

Optum Living Our Values for ‘Performance’ Award April 2024, UnitedHealth Group Bravo! Leadership in Tobacco Task Force Award May 2023, Graduate Dean’s Scholarship Award April 2023, May 2025

Volunteer Experience

  • AdventHealth-Porter, Clinical Nutrition, Denver, CO, 2024-08, 2024-10, Conducted nutrition assessments and provided interventions and education to patients admitted for inpatient medical, surgery, oncology, intensive care, behavioral health, and outpatient organ transplant care.
  • NourishColorado, Community Nutrition, remote, 2024-12, Authored a needs assessment and intervention to identify ways to boost partnerships between school districts and local farm/food programs.
  • Cypress School District, Food Service, Cypress, CA, 2024-10, 2025-01, Authored a needs assessment and intervention to enhance universal free school meal participation, Gathered student survey data to improve menu item promotion and engagement

Certification

  • Registered Dietitian (RD), ID# 86372945

Timeline

Dietetic Intern

AdventHealth Porter
08.2024 - 10.2024

Health Educator

Optum-UnitedHealth Group
01.2013 - 09.2024

Master of Science - Dietetics

University of Northern Colorado

Didactic Program - Dietetics

California State Polytechnic University-Pomona

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