Kimberly Lucero, MS, RD
Thornton,CO
Summary
Motivated and dynamic clinical dietitian with several years of outpatient health education experience seeking to grow with an organization that prioritizes high quality nutrition care with a compassionate and patient-centered approach. Eager to strengthen my medical nutrition therapy skill sets and grow with a team of competent healthcare professionals.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Clinical Dietitian
National Jewish Health
Denver, CO
09.2025 - Current
- Provides compassionate, individualized, evidence-based nutrition counseling and support for patients with complex medical needs, respiratory conditions, infectious diseases, and chronic diseases.
- Collaborates with an interdisciplinary team to support optimal patient outcomes for the management of cystic fibrosis and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in weekly clinics.
- Manages nutrition support therapies by initiating, implementing, or modifying orders for nutrition-related care.
Dietetic Intern
Victoria Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
Costa Mesa, California
01.2025 - 01.2025
- Conducted new resident intake procedures to understand and ensure dietary preferences and IDDSI-appropriate dietary needs were met during meal service.
- Collaborated with kitchen staff in the efficient preparation and delivery of meals to residents in the long-term care setting.
Dietetic Intern
AdventHealth Porter
Denver, Colorado
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 hands-on experience with technological tools and in-person interpreters to communicate health information to diverse populations.
Health Educator
Optum-UnitedHealth Group
Los Angeles, CA
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, CO05.2025
Didactic Program - Dietetics
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona
Pomona, CA06.2012
Skills
- Leadership
- Communication
- Nutrition assessment
- Patient education
- Disease management
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Motivational interviewing
- Health programming
Certification
- Registered Dietitian (RD), ID:86372945
Websites
Awards
- UNCO Graduate School Dean's Scholarship Award for GPA: 4.0, April 2023 & May 2025
- Optum Living Our Values for 'Performance' Award, April 2024
- UnitedHealth Group Bravo! in Leadership of Tobacco Cessation Task Force, May 2023
Timeline
Clinical Dietitian
National Jewish Health
09.2025 - Current
Dietetic Intern
Victoria Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
01.2025 - 01.2025
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