Stephanie Mercado Gallegos
Robstown,TX
Summary
Goal-oriented with demonstrated success in working in teams, workforce planning, sales leadership and team oversight. Disciplined, motivated and talented team employee.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Food and Nutrition Programs Specialist
Education Service Center 2
07.2022 - Current
- Interpreted clients' needs and introduced services to fit specific requirements.
- Maintained overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures to be in TDA compliance
- Coordinated and sponsor regional trainings in all areas of School Nutrition Programs, Finance, and the summer workshop per the TDA contract.
- Collected, arranged, and input information into database system.
- Train on Administrative Reviews.
- Collaborate with other regions to facilitate the development and implementation of statewide trainings.
- Generated reports detailing findings and recommendations.
- Developed and updated tracking spreadsheets for process monitoring and reporting.
- Created and managed project plans, timelines and budgets.
- Maximized audience reach by strategizing and executing targeted email marketing campaigns.
- Developed original content using social listening and independent sources.
- Maintain program budgets, reporting information and CE files according to TDA guidelines.
- Created content for websites and online publications.
- Knowledge of current research into effective practices and current trends in Child Nutrition Programs
- Knowledge of menu planning and quantity food production
- Knowledge of Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points-Based Food Safety Plan
Director of Food Service
Aramark Food Service Management- Tuloso Midway ISD
07.2018 - 07.2021
- Organized and oversaw food service training to educate employees on recipes, inventory and food safety
- Propose new equipment purchases and work closely with business management on available funds and purchase orders to be made out
- Oversees payment invoices paid accurately, inventory management and control systems
- Balance labor and food costs to promote operational success
- Project operating costs based on meal equivalents, project revenues and expenditures, justification for budget requests
- Develop and submit product bid specifications for all foods and supplies to prospective vendors
- Plan menus for breakfast, lunch, snack, summer and catering programs
- Ensure meals and/or snacks served to students meet the USDA requirements
- Ensure an accurate meal counting/ claiming system through Nurtikids for district TX-UNPS monthly claims
- Plan/ oversee special events catering
- Develop, implement and monitors the districts mandated HACCP plan and inspect schools kitchen to make sure they are following proper techniques
- Develop social marketing plans to involve students, parents, school personnel and community partners in the district's child nutrition program
- Market through TV Menu Boards and school website and social media
- Inspected preparation and storage equipment regularly to assess and maintain performance for cost-effective, safe operations
- Set schedules for 45 employees by planning and designating shifts and hours.
Assistant Director
Aramark Food Service Management- Alice ISD
11.2016 - 06.2018
- Oversees payment invoices paid accurately, inventory management and control systems
- Balance labor and food costs to promote operational success
- Project operating costs based on meal equivalents, project revenues and expenditures, justification for budget requests
- Develop and submit product bid specifications for all foods and supplies to prospective vendors
- Plan menus for breakfast, lunch, snack, summer, CACFP- afterschool meals and catering programs
- Ensure meals and/or snacks served to students meet the USDA requirements
- Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program ordering, inventory, and claiming
- Ensure an accurate meal counting/ claiming system through Nutrikids for district TX-UNPS monthly claims
- Plan/ oversee special events catering
- Develop, implement and monitors the districts mandated HACCP plan and inspect schools kitchen to make sure they are following proper techniques
- Develop social marketing plans to involve students, parents, school personnel and community partners in the district's child nutrition program
- Market through TV Menu Boards and school website and social media.
Substitute Teacher
Flour Bluff ISD
08.2016 - 11.2016
- Follow lesson plans provided by the regular Teacher to create a cohesive and consistent learning experience for students
- Manage the classroom effectively to encourage student participation, minimize distractions and maintain a positive learning environment
- Adapt teaching methods to fit the needs of each individual student
- Supervise students in and out of the classroom, including in the halls, on the playground and in the cafeteria.
Nutrition Education Coordinator
Food Bank of Corpus Christi
11.2015 - 06.2016
- Demonstrating cooking classes and educating on nutritional benefits for afterschool or head start programs
- Organizing/attending pantries and food drives at local sites to our community with produce mobile
- Ordering food quantity prior pantries scheduled for produce mobile
- Developing and coordinating schedules during the week to teach health education classes with Corpus Christi ISD schools
- Setting goals with participants and increasing participant numbers for the program and having reports on the classesteaching.
WIC Nutritionist/Nutrition Education Coordinator
City of Corpus Christi
06.2014 - 11.2015
- Coordinating health fairs, outreach for WIC, ordering incentives, in charge of expenses account of nutrition education, setting up classes, updating nutrition bulletin boards around clinic, attending nutrition coordinator trainings, and representing WIC at health fairs
- Supervising other local WIC clinic, scheduling employee work schedule, scheduling participants in, issuing benefits, and directing any problems around the clinic
- Assessing, observing, evaluating and documenting intervention on participants in the WIC Program
- Providing participants with group nutrition education classes and/or individual counseling on their or their child's individual nutritional risk condition
- Taking medical histories, documents information, conducting performances and assessments of height, weight, and anemia screening
- Assessed, observed, evaluated and documented intervention on participants in the WIC Program
- Providing participants with group nutrition education classes and/or individual counseling on their or their child's individual nutritional risk condition
- Take medical histories, documents information, and conduct performances and assessments of height, weight, and anemia screening.
Nutritionist
CentroMed WIC
08.2013 - 05.2014
- Coordinating health fairs, outreach for WIC, ordering incentives, in charge of expenses account of nutrition education, setting up classes, updating nutrition bulletin boards around clinic, attending nutrition coordinator trainings, and representing WIC at health fairs
- Supervising other local WIC clinic, scheduling employee work schedule, scheduling participants in, issuing benefits, and directing any problems around the clinic
- Assessing, observing, evaluating and documenting intervention on participants in the WIC Program
- Providing participants with group nutrition education classes and/or individual counseling on their or their child's individual nutritional risk condition
- Taking medical histories, documents information, conducting performances and assessments of height, weight, and anemia screening
- Assessed, observed, evaluated and documented intervention on participants in the WIC Program
- Providing participants with group nutrition education classes and/or individual counseling on their or their child's individual nutritional risk condition
- Take medical histories, documents information, and conduct performances and assessments of height, weight, and anemia screening.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition -
University of The Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TxSkills
- Apple and Windows, all of MS Office Applications
- Account management
- Accounts payable, Purchasing
- Administrative support, Quality
- Balance, Relationship building
- Benefits, Scheduling
- Budget development
- Directing, Workflow
- Staff training
- Equipment operation
- Special events
- Food safety
- Health education
- Hiring
- Human resources management
- Inventory management and control
- Marketing plans
- Payroll
- Google , Twitter, X, Facebook, Instagram social media marketing
- Content Creator
Timeline
Food and Nutrition Programs Specialist
Education Service Center 2
07.2022 - Current
Director of Food Service
Aramark Food Service Management- Tuloso Midway ISD
07.2018 - 07.2021
Assistant Director
Aramark Food Service Management- Alice ISD
11.2016 - 06.2018
Substitute Teacher
Flour Bluff ISD
08.2016 - 11.2016
Nutrition Education Coordinator
Food Bank of Corpus Christi
11.2015 - 06.2016
WIC Nutritionist/Nutrition Education Coordinator
City of Corpus Christi
06.2014 - 11.2015
Nutritionist
CentroMed WIC
08.2013 - 05.2014
Bachelor of Science in Nutrition -
University of The Incarnate Word
- Intermediate SQL
- Java Script programming.
- Grant and funding writing.
Certification
- Intermediate SQL
- Java Script programming.
- Grant and funding writing.
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
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