Kayla Abella

8 Garden St. Cranford, NJ 07016 908-875-3763 www.linkedin.com/in/kaylaabella1

OBJECTIVE
Senior undergraduate Dietetics major seeking to gain field experience to expand my knowledge of nutrition
through the Sodexo Dietetic Internship. This internship encompasses all of the qualities that will provide me
with the necessary tools to succeed in my future career as a Dietitian.
EDUCATION
• Montclair State University, expected graduation date fall 2020, 3.5 GPA
• Bachelors of Science in Dietetics
• Minor in Public Health
• Member of the National Society for Leadership and Success
• Dean’s list 2017-2020
WORK EXPERIENCE
• Hoboken Farms, Clifton, NJ
- Seasonal Farmers Market Manager May 2019- Present
- Responsible for loading the products into and driving the van, as well as setting up and running the
market stand for Hoboken Farms independently or managing another worker
- Took inventory and tally profits at the end of the day along with packing up and bringing all supplies
back to the warehouse.
• Clara Maass Hospital, Belleville, NJ
- Dietetic Assistant May 2018- December 2018
- Responsible for taking meal orders from patients according to dietary needs (renal, low sodium, puree)
- Responsible for taking patient calls, and correcting any errors and overall assisting in their needs
• Research Assistant, Montclair, NJ
- Research assistant for Renata Blumberg May 2018- March 2019
- Assistant in Renata Blumberg’s research on food stamp redemption rates at farmers markets
- Assisted writing a research proposal, proposal for the IRB, creating a poster and presenting the research
- Helped maintain a garden at Oakwood ave elementary school that Renata had started as way to
integrate agriculture into the education of elementary students in lower income communities
• Fiorella Eats Internship, New York, New York
- Nutrition Journalism Internship February 2017- September 2017
- I attended various food events as press and interviewed individuals as well as took pictures of the
events for articles
- I had seven wellness and nutrition articles that were published on the blog
- I also edited some of Fiorella’s cooking videos to be published for her YouTube channel
- I helped in editing and creating the nutrition and wellness plans for clients of Fiorella DiCarlo RD,
CDN
CERTIFICATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS
• Montclair State Dietetics Organization Secretary
(2018-2020)
- Responsible for keeping track of memberships and active member status
- Wrote meeting minutes for every meeting throughout the year
- Responsible for creating and distributing all active member certificates
 - Responsible for holding one on campus event per semester
- Assisted other executive board members with their duties.
• ServSafe Certified
(2018)
• Certified Reiki Level 2 Practitioner
(2018)
- Certified through the Alluem Yoga Studio in Cranford NJ
- Practiced energy healing using reiki which can help individuals spiritually, mentally and physically by
bringing them into a deep relaxation
• Environmental Club MSU Public Relations Manager (2018-2019)
- Responsible for management of cosponsorships and overall relations to other organizations
- Responsible for leading meeting discussions and creating weekly Powerpoints
VOLUNTEER WORK
• Montclair Community Farms (2019-2020)
- Created a food accessibility questionnaire to assist the farm in assessing which areas of Montclair are
the most food insecure
• Food Recovery Network MSU (2019-2020)
- Count and organize all packaged and frozen leftover food from the MSU student center cafeteria and
transport it into the van for the local food bank and soup kitchen to distribute to those in need
• Shop Rite Nutrition Field Trip (2018)
- Assisted the ShopRite Dietitian Jessica Serdikoff RDN CPT in her “little shoppers” program where
elementary students would come to the store, be given a lesson on a nutrition topic and would go
“shopping” to create a healthy budget-friendly meal
• CUMAC (2018)
- Assisted with organizing their dry pantry and moving items to their grocery shopping area
• Community Food Bank (2017)
- Canned outside of Wegmans with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey to raise money for the food
bank
• City Green (2017)
- Volunteered for their Harvest Festival, running the arts and crafts with dried produce table for the kids
that attended the festival
• Toni’s Kitchen (2016)
- Volunteered in both the kitchen, waitressing and helping with sending out mail to volunteers for Toni’s
soup kitchen
• Montclair State Dietetics Organization tables (2016-2020)
- I assisted in setting up, organizing and running tables for the Montclair State Dietetics Organization.
- I would also help educate students on the table events as they attended
SKILLS
- Leadership skills
- Customer and patient relations
- Organizational skills
- Proficient in Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Word
- Proficient in social media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and
LinkdIn
- Public speaking skills