Hello! My name is Jackie and I am a student at California State University, Sacramento and I am studying to become a registered dietician. I love athletics and would love to work with college athletes one day or travel the world and find new ways to bring healthy, delicious foods into the homes of America. We have become so separated from our food, yet it seems no matter where we look, no matter what time of the day it is, no matter how little or how much we have to spend, food is always available.
I have a passion for helping people. I am a sincere giver and enjoy seeing others succeed. Ever since I was a young girl I said, “I don’t know what I am going to do with my life, but I know I want to help people”. And now I feel like I have the ability to accomplish that through food.
As a child I consumed nothing but McDonald’s supersized meals and processed, cheesy, fried, greasy, foods. From chips to cookies to pizza and sweets I was headed toward a life full of health complications. Then, at 14 I decided to start changing my bad habits and by 21 I had completely transformed my diet and my entire life. It has been a long journey, one that will never be over. It is a lifelong choice I have made for myself and I hope that being a dietitcian will assist me in continuing on the new path I have paved for myself.
I had no idea what I wanted to do after high school and after playing 2 1/2 years of college softball at CSU Stanislaus and pursuing a degree in Business Finance I had figured out two things: One, that finance was not for me, and two, that nutrition had changed my life and I wanted others to be able to experience the joys that a healthy lifestyle can provide. So, my last years at Stanislaus were spent learning all I could about nutrition on my own, finishing up my collegiate softball career, and obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Business Finance. With all of that behind me I am now on a new mission. Get my Bachelor’s in dietetics from Sacramento State, get accepted into a dietetic internship program, and then pass the RD exam and fulfill my dream of enriching the lives of as many people as I can.
