Nancy Lasprugato, MPH, NREMT
Tabernacle,NJ
Summary
A skilled and motivated professional in the health industry. An exceptional communicator who has strong leadership and relationship-building skills that consistently and reliably protects the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities through promotion, education, advocacy, leadership and encouragement.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Substitute Teacher
Lenape Regional High School District
09.2023 - Current
- Followed classroom plans left by class teacher to continue student education and reinforce core concepts.
- Upheld classroom routines to support student environments and maintain consistent schedules.
- Kept students on-task with proactive behavior modification and positive reinforcement strategies.
- Repeatedly requested as substitute teacher by teachers based on excellent past referrals and trusted performance.
Public Health Consultant/Educator
Self-Employed
01.2016 - Current
- Performs speaking engagements in local communities on teen suicide prevention, including the warning signs and how to support someone who is contemplating suicide (developed and provides informational pamphlets with phone numbers and names of support groups).
- Arranges discussion groups for adolescents and teens who have been or are being bullied in order to have an open dialogue about their experiences.
- Offers information sessions to senior citizens about the rapid increase of sexually transmitted diseases and ways to prevent the spread of them, and cancer health literacy and the effects on older adults with cancer.
Health And Wellness Consultant (Holistic)
Self-Employed
09.2015 - Current
- Works directly with individuals by offering advice about healthy meal plans and the role of diet, the benefits of regular exercise, strategies to deal with stress, preventive medicine, and personal wellness.
- Promotes the use of goals to help with overcoming negative lifestyle factors, choices, and behaviors.
- Responsible for educating and providing recommendations to individuals who are seeking alternative forms of healing and treatment.
- Responsible for providing support and resources on coping with loss, grief, and trauma.
General Manager
Planet Fitness
04.2019 - 09.2023
- Worked with support teams to resolve issues with product, service or accounting areas.
- Worked directly with management, regional manager, and team member developer to brainstorm, discuss strategy and mitigate issues.
- Set, enforced and optimized internal policies to maintain efficiency and responsiveness to demands.
- Maintained organized, safe and clean facility to keep productivity high and maximize customer satisfaction.
- Supported regulatory compliance by overseeing all audits to verify protocol adherence.
- Implemented operational strategies and effectively built customer and employee loyalty.
- Trained, coached and mentored staff.
- Enhanced operational success through effective staffing, strong training, adherence to safety regulations and well-timed customer service.
Team Member (Planet Fitness)
Planet Fitness
04.2018 - 04.2019
- Entered details such as payments, account information and call logs into computer.
- Assisted members in by answering questions, responding to inquiries and handling telephone requests.
- Logged and scanned supporting documentation information in member files.
- Demonstrated awareness of liability issues.
- Worked directly with management.
- Taught members the proper use of workout and fitness equipment.
- Scheduled and conducted fitness orientation appointments with new members.
- Maintained cleanliness of the group fitness room, mirrors, floor and fitness equipment.
- Served as a point of reference for fitness expertise within the club.
- Greeted and interacted with members and guests as they entered and exited the facility.
- Conducted facility tours per week to interested guests.
- Promoted a safe and interactive environment for members.
Banquet Server
Branches Catering
01.2013 - 08.2017
- Follow all safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverage to uphold proper health standards.
- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others to reach business goals.
- Consistently provide professional, friendly and engaging service.
Residential Counselor
Carrier Clinic: East Mountain Youth Lodge
03.2009 - 04.2013
- Responsible for providing 24 hours care on a close and personal basis.
- Assisted in establishing an appropriate home environment that provided supervision and support for a range of daily living activities for group home residents and day to day household functions of the lodge.
Education
Emergency Medical Services/Technician - EMT
Rowan College At Burlington County
Mt. Laurel, NJ12.2023
Certified Wellness Coach - Health And Wellness
NASM
04.2023
Master of Public Health - M.P.H.
Purdue University Global
Davenport, IABachelor of Science - Health and Wellness
Purdue University Global
Davenport, IABachelor of Arts - Justice Studies
Montclair State University
Montclair, NJSkills
- MS: Windows, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Creating public health service announcements
- Creating professional presentations
- Relationship building
- Conflict resolution
- Research
- Patient support and advocacy
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Strong work ethic
- Analytical thinker
- Takes initiative
- Organizational development
- Interpersonal skills
- Personable and trustworthy
- Effective leader
- Operations management
- Goal attainment
- Staff training/development
- Social Perceptiveness
- Excellent Communication
- Multitasking Abilities
- Flexible and Adaptable
Relevant Coursework
- NASM Wellness Coaching
- NREMT EMT
- RCBC EMT Skills and Class
- Stress-Critical Issues in Management and Prevention / Mapping the Mind-Body Divide
- Creating Wellness: Psychological and Spiritual Aspects of Healing
- Nutrition Across the Human Life Cycle / Nutrition for Special Populations
- Health Behavior Theory and Health Policy
- Cultural Diversity in Public Health / Health Education and Communication
- Organizational Development for Healthcare
- Occupational and Environmental Health / Principles of Epidemiology
- Disaster Management for Public Health Professionals
- Grant and Contract Writing / Public Health Program Development
- Human Sexuality / Sociology of Sexuality
- Sociology of the Family / Sociology of Gender
- Current Trends in Exercise & Fitness-Aging Well Across the Lifespan
Certification
- CPR and First Aid: Red Cross
- NJOEMS EMT License
- NREMT Certification
- Certified Wellness Coach
- Certificate in Immunization Essentials
- Certificate in Epidemiology in Public Health
- Certificate in Study Types in Epidemiology
- Certificate of Course Completion in Global Health
- Certificate of Course Completion Recognizing an Outbreak
- Certificate in Introduction to an Outbreak Investigation
- Certificate in Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals (FEMA)
- Certificate in Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations for Hospitals (FEMA)
- Certificate in National Institutes of Health Office of Extramural Research training course in “Protecting Human Research Participants”
- Hazardous Materials Awareness IS.5a
- Incident Command ICS100
- Incident Command ICS700
Additional Information
- Volunteerism: Breast Cancer Awareness walks and runs, Women’s Center at Montclair State University, and Hurricane Sandy Relief
- Understanding of the Readiness of Change and PAR-Q Questionnaire
- Knowledge of disaster management roles
- Developed a CARE project: Are schools free from mold after Hurricane Sandy?
- Created a health and wellness business plan: Attention on alternative methods for those that are dealing with grief, stress, loss, health issues, and negative life changing events (Second Chances: The Integrated Approach to Healing)
- Developed a proposal for cultural competency training for hospitals
- Created health promotion campaigns: Chewing Tobacco and Kidney Disease
- Created educational powerpoint presentations: Immunizations, Cultural Competency, Super-Sized Sugary Drinks vs Legalizing Marijuana, Teen Suicide, Organic vs Conventional, Nutrition Education, and Health and Wellness Perspectives
- Prepared and developed a lecture for a course: Complementary and Alternative Medicine (powerpoint, lecture notes, handouts, and syllabus)
- Developed a public health program (Cancer Health Literacy Outreach Program for Older Adults)
- Created pamphlets: Why Whole Foods are Great for You and Teen Suicide Prevention
- Developed public health service announcements: School Entry Immunizations for Children and Radon: The silent killer
- Capstone report (thesis): Cancer Health Literacy Outreach Program: Cancer Health Literacy and the Effects on Older Adults with Cancer
Portfolio
Furnished upon request
**Examples in the above mentioned can be seen in portfolio
References
Furnished
upon request
Timeline
Substitute Teacher
Lenape Regional High School District
09.2023 - Current
General Manager
Planet Fitness
04.2019 - 09.2023
Team Member (Planet Fitness)
Planet Fitness
04.2018 - 04.2019
Public Health Consultant/Educator
Self-Employed
01.2016 - Current
Health And Wellness Consultant (Holistic)
Self-Employed
09.2015 - Current
Banquet Server
Branches Catering
01.2013 - 08.2017
Residential Counselor
Carrier Clinic: East Mountain Youth Lodge
03.2009 - 04.2013
Emergency Medical Services/Technician - EMT
Rowan College At Burlington County
Certified Wellness Coach - Health And Wellness
NASM
Master of Public Health - M.P.H.
Purdue University Global
Bachelor of Science - Health and Wellness
Purdue University Global
Bachelor of Arts - Justice Studies
Montclair State University
- CPR and First Aid: Red Cross
- NJOEMS EMT License
- NREMT Certification
- Certified Wellness Coach
- Certificate in Immunization Essentials
- Certificate in Epidemiology in Public Health
- Certificate in Study Types in Epidemiology
- Certificate of Course Completion in Global Health
- Certificate of Course Completion Recognizing an Outbreak
- Certificate in Introduction to an Outbreak Investigation
- Certificate in Incident Command System for Healthcare/Hospitals (FEMA)
- Certificate in Applying ICS to Healthcare Organizations for Hospitals (FEMA)
- Certificate in National Institutes of Health Office of Extramural Research training course in “Protecting Human Research Participants”
- Hazardous Materials Awareness IS.5a
- Incident Command ICS100
- Incident Command ICS700
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