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marissa.m.cruz@gmail.com
(760)702-0593
Marissa Cruz
OBJECTIVE
Team-oriented and self-motivated individual seeks a position as a laboratory instructor for Health Science 120, Health and
Society, An Ecological Approach at Cal State San Bernardino Campus, to provide an optimal learning environment
among diverse college students. Encourage students on health behavior modifications, implement core values, and
connect public policy to their community.
EDUCATION
Projected graduation June 2018
California State University of San Bernardino, CA
Master of Public Health, Community Health Education GPA 3.8
California State University of San Bernardino, Palm Desert, CA July 2016
Bachelors of Science in Nutrition and Food Sciences GPA 3.3
College of the Desert, Palm Desert, CA May 2012
Associates Degree in Humanities and Communications GPA 3.1
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Develop strategies through research on how to improve the levels of health literacy, HIV/STI education, food insecurity,
and diligently promote community health programs
CERTIFICATES
College of the Desert, May 2012: Culinary Arts Certificate
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI)-Conference for Food Protection (CFP): ServSafe Food
Protection Manager Certification
Protecting Human Research Participants, January 2015: National Institutes of Health Certificate
Didactic Program in Dietetics Verification Statement by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and
Dietetics (ACEND) from CSUSB
EMPLOYMENT
Lab instructor, CSUSB Palm Desert Campus April 2017-Present
Health Science 120 Health and Society: An Ecological Approach
Empower students to be self-efficient in community engagements
Educate and promote environmental factors, nutrition, sex education, stress management
Coordinate hands on labs on nutrition, condom use, HIV exposure, managing stress, water
quality
Instill core values of independence and awareness of social ramifications
Implement education on STI’s and HIV
VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
FIND Food Bank, Indio, CA: Volunteer
Organize food distributions for community
Diligently prepared boxes of food
Dorothy Chen-Maynard, PhD, RD, FAND, Nutrition and Food Sciences Program
Coordinator