Marsha brings energy success, and a high degree of professionalism to her work.  She combines her research and experience in a straightforward manner that people respond to.

CREDENTIALS:

1. •Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Marketing, University of Southern California
   

2. •Master of Science, Kinesiology, Exercise Physiology, CSU
   

3. •Master of Science, Educational Psychology, Counseling, CSU
   

4. •Advanced Licensed Shapedown™ Provider
   

5. •Special Certificate in Psychological Foundations for Working with Children & Adolescents in Physical Activity and Nutrition
   

GRADUATE RESEARCH TOPICS:

1. •Thesis: Pediatric Obesity and A Therapeutic Intervention for Obese Children and their Parents © 2004.                                                          
   

2. •The effect of the media on body image of young girls.
   

3. •Energy expenditure, physical activity, and fitness in children.
   

4. •Effects of calcium and exercise on bone density of prepubescent girls.
   

5. •Competitive anxiety in youth sport participation.
   

6. •Effect of strength/resistance circuit-training program on body composition of obese prepubescent girls.
   

7. •The role of self-efficacy in therapeutic intervention for pediatric obesity.
   

8. •A consideration of the social aspects critical to pediatric obesity intervention programs.
   

9. •Historical review of the UCSF Shapedown™ program.
   

10. •Integrating dance into the elementary school curriculum.
    

PUBLICATIONS:

1. •NCGA Foundation Healthy Lifestyles Curriculum© Copyright © 2010 Give Me Five, LLC. All rights reserved.
   

2. •Liberti, R., Kunz, M., Swantek, D., & Sullivan, S. (2004). “Forbidden Narratives”: Exploring the use of student narratives of self in a graduate sport sociology course. Quest, 56 (2), 190-207.
   

3. •“A Critical Autobiography: Take Me Out to the Ball Game”, oral paper, Western Society for Physical Education of College Women, Portland, OR, November, 2002.
   

PRESENTATIONS:

1. •Palo Alto Medical Foundation
   

2. •Department of Pediatrics, Mills Peninsula Hospital Services
   

3. •Welch Road Pediatrics
   

4. •Kid Kare & Associates
   

5. •Hot Stuff
   

6. •Pediatric Medical Group of San Francisco
   

7. •Peninsula Pediatrics
   

8. •Bay Area Pediatrics
   

9. •ABC Pediatrics
   

10. •Genetech Biotech Center
    

11. •Whole Foods
    

12. •Junipero Serra High School
    

13. •Burlingame High School
    

14. •Beresford Elementary School
    

15. •Baywood Elementary School
    

16. •Sunnybrae Elementary School
    

17. •Peninsula Jewish Community Center
    

18. •San Mateo Foster City School District
    

19. •San Mateo Union High School District
    

20. •Summit Bicycles and Earthbeam Natural Foods
    

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DONATIONS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS: 

1. •The Harker School
   

2. •Burlingame Aquatic Club
   

3. •Strides for Life
   

4. •Valley Montessori School
   

5. •Serra High School 2011
   

6. •Notre Dame High School
   

7. •Coastside Women's Club
   

8. •Peninsula Jewish Community Center
   

9. •Burlingame Girls’ Softball
   

10. •Peninsula Symphony
    

11. •Camp Okizu
    

12. •St. Paul’s Choir
    

13. •Burlingame Community for Education Foundation
    

14. •Hillsborough Schools Foundation
    

15. •Borel Bank
    

16. •The Art of Yoga Project
    

17. •St. Paul's Habitat and IHN
    

18. •St. Matthew Episcopal Church
    

19. •Annual Leadership
    

20. •Broadway by the Bay
    

21. •San Mateo Union High School District
    

22. •Taste of the Town
    

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