East Central Independent School District

Let me reach out to them and see if they're hiring." Lo and behold, they were hiring, and they encouraged me to apply based on her recommendation because she was really well-known within the school nutrition world, and that was how I got my first position within school nutrition, and moved into that particular role as a training coordinator and dietician for a large food district that serviced over 58,000 students.

I worked there for four years, and then I got, I got into a leadership role as a dietician at East Central ISD, where I'm at right now, as their leadership dietician and lead dietician, menu planner, procurement, and all those types of things.

So it gave me even a more w- well-rounded experience, too, within this side of my career too.

And I think that just speaks volumes to being in the right internship, being able to get exposed to those right mentors, because that helped you get your first job.