Week 1

Hello! My name is Marta Ferraz Valles. I am originally from Barcelona, Spain. I came to Oklahoma almost 6 years ago. I came directly to East Central University to play tennis, get my degree in Exercise Science, and learn English.  After that I went to the OUHSC to do a master in nutrition. I am currently doing my dietetic internship to become a Registered Dietitian. I will be doing the management rotation with Dot for the next 9 weeks. I have enjoyed the first week a lot and I am very excited to be here.

The first two days, and after filling out all the paperwork, I started to get familiar and work with the projects that I will be required to complete during these 9 weeks. As Dot told me, I am a very lucky intern because I have had the chance to spend my first week with Devon. She has explained many things to me during this week and I am very thankful. On Wednesday school was closed and I didn't come due to the weather. I could have come but I nobody knew it was not going to start snowing until late that day. On Thursday we had a nutrition awareness event at the Union where we served Korean vegan and gluten-free food to anybody that wanted to try. We had a board with nutrition information and the recipes of the food we served. People was very thankful and enjoyed the food very much. It took me a while to start pronouncing well the name of  the food but I did better towards the end. I enjoyed talking to the people about the food. On Friday I started working on my recipe development project because I will be serving this recipe during an event at the end of the month.

I can't wait to start meeting with the different staff and learn about the functioning of the department. It is my first time working in this kind of setting and I have a lot to learn. I am very excited. I have to admit that I love eating at Couch every day, the food is amazing! Thank you so much!