You have to go through the fire to become the fire! LaReine Schock-Leonard talks all about the value of hard work, patience and loving what you do! LaReine shares the challenges she faced early on in her career and she overcame it. We also talk about LaReine's amazing Linkedin post and her thoughts behind the graphic! Early RD's this one is for you!  A native of Rose Hill, Kansas, Schock-Leonard became Director of Olympic Sports Nutrition at West Virginia University after serving nine months as the director of sports nutrition for North Dakota State University, where she was responsible for all of the nutritional needs of the university’s 450 student-athletes. She also aided in the development of a new eating disorder treatment protocol for Bison athletics. Prior to that, she served as a sports nutrition graduate assistant for the Ole Miss volleyball and softball teams. She completed her dietetic internship at Ole Miss in May 2020, where she completed specialty rotations with Clemson Olympic Sports Nutrition and Ole Miss football sports nutrition. She also served as a sports nutrition intern at Tulsa University in the summer and fall of 2016. Schock-Leonard graduated from Wichita State with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Exercise Science in 2016 and from the University of Mississippi with a Master of Science degree in Food and Nutrition Services. She completed more than 1,300 hours of supervised practice in clinical, food service, public health and sports performance with an emphasis in sports as part of her dietetic internship at the University of Mississippi. This Episode is sponsored by Momentous! Use the code RDSNIPPETS to get 20% your order of $40 or more. Check out their website at livemomentous.com