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Raquel DeHoyos

San Antonio,TX

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Owner

Boastful Food LLC

Cooking Matters Program Manager

Solid Ground/Share Our Strength

Kitchen Manager

Ray's Boathouse

Manager of Schools & Community Engagement

CHEF
11.2021 - 10.2023
  • Oversee the expansion of the CHEF (Culinary Health Education For Families) culinary nutrition education program across the 29 service areas of the San Antonio Food Bank
  • Refine train-the-trainer model to train staff and community partners in youth and adult lines of curriculum
  • Support the expansion of program implementation across foodbanks statewide
  • Oversaw the implementation of the CHEF culinary nutrition program in San Antonio school districts and community partner sites
  • Streamlined train-the-trainer model to expand programming across 71 schools within San Antonio ISD, certifying over 150 coaches
  • Managed logistics with district Health & PE, Child Nutrition Services and Transportation departments and San Antonio Food Bank to expand programming to include CHEF recipe creation for curriculum and CHEF recipes served across participating campuses as menu items meeting USDA meal pattern requirements
  • Supported all districts and community partners with on-going training, educator portal onboarding, and family engagement events
  • Managed program evaluation through pre & post survey data collection and regular audits to ensure program fidelity.

Owner

La Bodega Del Cuervo
03.2015 - 02.2020

Cooking instructor

Pike Place Market's Atrium Kitchen
03.2015 - 12.2019
  • Teaching nutrition education and healthy cooking classes to low-income seniors
  • Managed and taught Cooking Matters cooking and nutrition education courses to low-income adults and families
  • Streamlined program operations, volunteer trainings and course curriculum to more efficiently and respectfully offer courses to participants facing food insecurity
  • Connected participants to innovative initiatives such as the Fresh Bucks Farmers Market Produce Program which doubled EBT/Food Stamp dollars to spend toward fresh, seasonal produce
  • Managed & evaluated objectives & outcomes and reported on program's federal USDA Snap Ed Grant.

Personal chef

07.2012 - 10.2014
  • Providing full-service meal planning, custom recipe creation, shopping and weekly meal service to clients with specialized diets
  • Areas of expertise: weight loss, diabetes, low sodium, kosher, gluten-free, dairy-free, FODMAP, vegan, vegetarian diets.

Recipe Developer-Food Photographer

WA Potato Commission
08.2007 - 04.2012

Dollars For Scholars Program Manager

WA Dollars For Scholars
04.2003 - 07.2005

Training Coordinator

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
01.2001 - 04.2003

Education

IPE
Boulder, CO
01.2022

BA English/Professional Writing -

Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI
01.1996

Skills

  • Culinary-Nutrition Education
  • Training-Teaching
  • Communication-Writing
  • Project Management
  • Program Evaluation
  • Relationship Management
  • Conversational Spanish

Leadership Experience

  • Mayor's Fitness Council-Healthy Schools Committee member
  • San Antonio Food Policy Council member

References

Available upon request

Timeline

Manager of Schools & Community Engagement

CHEF
11.2021 - 10.2023

Owner

La Bodega Del Cuervo
03.2015 - 02.2020

Cooking instructor

Pike Place Market's Atrium Kitchen
03.2015 - 12.2019

Personal chef

07.2012 - 10.2014

Recipe Developer-Food Photographer

WA Potato Commission
08.2007 - 04.2012

Dollars For Scholars Program Manager

WA Dollars For Scholars
04.2003 - 07.2005

Training Coordinator

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Puget Sound
01.2001 - 04.2003

Owner

Boastful Food LLC

Cooking Matters Program Manager

Solid Ground/Share Our Strength

Kitchen Manager

Ray's Boathouse

IPE

BA English/Professional Writing -

Mount Mary University

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