Vanessa Velasco

To pursue admission into Cal Poly Pomona’s Master of Science in Nutrition and Dietetics program, I aim to foster a strong foundation in advanced nutrition science and hone my clinical and research skills. I aspire to become an evidence-based registered dietitian dedicated to promoting health, advocating for public policies that support nutritional wellness, and contributing to Cal Poly Pomona’s mission of hands-on, learn-by-doing education.

• Volunteered in a Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support course under supervision of Registered Dietitian.
• The Community Nutrition course applied national nutrition policies and federal initiatives in nutrition through various local community projects such as creating programs and strategies to meet nutritional needs like nutritional education and food assistance programs. Assessment of needs for a local county was done, then program planning and finally evaluation was done.
• Methods of Nutritional Assessment course instructed methods of assessing human nutritional status of populations and individuals including dietary, anthropometric, clinical evaluations and biochemical measurements.
• Medical Nutrition Therapy used case studies to demonstrate modifications of normal adequate diet to meet nutritional needs in acute and chronic diseases and metabolic disorders. Performed MNT on University volunteer to apply methods acquired in this course.
• Diet and Optimal Human Health course focused on maintaining optimal health and preventing diseases in humans with focus on nutrition. Promoted developing conceptual knowledge, critical thinking and problem solving skills in the application of nutrition in health promotion.
• The Managing People and Organizations course introduced organizational behavior, assisted in developing systemic and fundamental understanding of people behaviors in organizations and skills required to effectively and ethically manage individual, group and organizational level processes.