Volunteer

Looking for real-world experience to prepare you for a career in dietetics? Searching for a specialty or community rotation for your internship?

What’s your Preceptor Style?

My preceptor style is personable, understanding, casual, and grounded. I make space for the intern or volunteer’s agenda, the requirements of the program, and other timely opportunities. I try to offer an organized, precise, methodical, and curated experience that builds week-to-week and offers a clear tie-back to the objectives. I am very conscious of the journey and like my client work, want to center the person and our collaboration.

I like to play with a new-school kind of preceptorship, which respects boundaries, aspirations, and inclusion. I care about bringing in the intern or volunteers lived experience, identities, and feedback.

Overall, it’s a partnership where we get to co-design the experience from beginning, middle, to the end.

Don’t just take our word,

Hear from past interns & volunteers 📣

  • "I loved volunteering with Bryan…He created a safe environment for sharing my ideas, provided constructive feedback, encouraged critical thinking, and always asked for my opinion and thoughts to create discussion. He was very patient, understanding, and empathetic. I learned so much in a short amount of time!”

    Corinna Kalogeropulou, Volunteer ‘22

  • "Working with Bryan was an absolute treat! This internship was really special to me as it was a chance to integrate countless classroom skills (Motivational Interviewing, MNT, etc.) with the human aspect of counseling, meeting people where they are, and approaching with compassion. [Bryan] helped me to ultimately grow not only as a budding RD but also a person!"

    Oliver Gonzalez-Yoakum, Dietetic Intern ‘22

  • “One project I worked on was creating an Eating Disorder Program Referral List to unite 100 eating disorder inpatient clinics, outpatient programs, and university health centers in California with [Bryan]. I appreciated working on this project because I learned how important contact information and communication resources are during a pandemic that restricts in person access. Working on this project and more during my time with [Bryan] has not only helped me develop and grow as a person and as an aspiring dietitian, but also has opened my eyes to the many layers of nutrition and dietetic involvement.”

    Lauren Hogan, Volunteer ‘20

  • “My internship with [Bryan] was very informative and a lot of fun, I learned a lot about myself in regards to Dietetics. As well as eating disorders and the behaviors related to them. I was able to incorporated everything I learned into a creative virtual cooking class about healthy fats. I really appreciated that my internship experience was customized to my interests around eating disorders and cooking.”

    Jamie Saranghilo, RD; Dietetic Intern ‘20

  • “I interned over the summer of 2020 and had a great experience. I was tasked with helping to create the clinic's online programming. Through this experience, I was able to increase my knowledge not only in eating disorder nutrition, but also was able to learn skills that will help me open up a private practice in the future if I choose to do so. Bryan is one the best preceptors I have ever worked with. It was clear from the beginning that he really cared that I was learning and that the work I was doing was beneficial to me. He is very understanding and values the intern’s opinions. If you have the opportunity to volunteer/intern with Bryan, I highly recommend doing it!”

    Casey Britts, Volunteer ‘20

Here’s some example projects & future opportunities

Internship & volunteering with me often involve a didactic, project-based, and experiential component. In med-training speak, it’s “see-one, do-one, teach-one.” Some projects that folks have worked on in the past are a university-level Mindful Eating class, a Queer & Empowered workshop, an online training for eating disorder dietitians, an online directory for eating disorder professionals, and editing chapters in a nutrition counseling book.

Specialty Areas
Entrepreneurship, Eating Disorder Care, Leadership, DEIB (Diversity, Equity Inclusion & Belonging)

Opportunities

Building & Evaluating an Online Course, Creating an Outreach Workshop, Practicing Weight Inclusive Care & Advocacy, Shadowing Presentations/Workshops/Sessions

Let’s work together

Interested in working together? Fill out some info and we will be in touch shortly! I can't wait to hear from you! Please note that I typically host 1-2 interns per quarter for community or specialty rotations. We don’t have the depth of cases and hospital access to offer a clinical rotation for MNT requirements.

"Big shout-out to the mentors and buddies who had my back—it's thanks to them that I'm here. Now, I’m on a mission to make that journey smoother for students keen on dietetics, plus interns and pros finding their way in this wild ride of a career. I’m all about dishing out not just resources, but real chances to grow and find your stride. Let's make this journey fun, fulfilling, and full of 🙌🏼!"

— Bryan