“It’s not possible to call yourself a Christian and not call upon Christian principles to guide you through your day. We need to respond to a plethora of situations in a Godly fashion – dealing with a difficult coworker, extending grace to employees who stretch the rules, being patient with a demanding public audience, etc.”
Lenelle’s Career Journey
Prior to her current position, Lenelle was a nutritionist and a Program Coordinator for the Cumberland and Perry County Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. She has also earned a Master’s degree in Health Education since graduating from Messiah.
Working as a Regional Nutrition Links Coordinator
As a coordinator of 2 federally funded nutrition education programs, her job duties include: supervising a staff of 13 paraprofessional nutrition education advisers, ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to, training staff, networking in the community, developing working relationships with other agencies, and writing nutrition/health/consumer science articles for local newspapers and other publications.
Lenelle’s Advice
“I would encourage students to take advantage of every opportunity to be out in the field. Visit a local high school and shadow a family and consumer science teacher. Do an internship at a human service office etc. These are invaluable experiences that will help you determine where you want to work and prepare you for the profession. Sometimes these experiences will also let you know what you don’t want to do with the rest of your professional life.”