… a driving force in solving this problem has been extremely inspiring and reminded me why I love this career so much. It has given me a new light within my workplace and has allowed me to communicate with my colleagues more thoroughly and advocate for my profession. … a driving force in solving this problem has been extremely inspiring and reminded me why I love this career so much. It has given me a new light within my workplace …

… the fewest years of experience, you have all served as a source of inspiration to me. From academic to schools, from hospitals to outpatient settings, you’ve shown me the many ways in which it’s possible to have a long-term, fulfilling career within … that it still continues.  “I want to congratulate you and ask you all to join me on a journey that honors our past, celebrates our present and dreams of a brighter …

… be sharing this stage! I trusted my strength and my stubbornness enough to carry me through the hardest moments of my entire life, and promised myself that I would … the single thing keeping my head above water long enough, was you.  Don’t look at me like that. Yes, I’m talking about you .  Well, the generations of you before you, … single discipline making up this beautiful, interprofessional crowd in front of me. I owe my ability to stand before you today to the collective efforts of the …

… for the leadership in the OT department and throughout the IHP who have allowed me to be me, to weave my sense of humor and advocacy throughout everything I do.  “After … means. Like most people on the planet, I had no idea what that meant, and it took me a while to figure out, through lots of different jobs, what my niche was. But here … for the leadership in the OT department and throughout the IHP who have allowed me to be me, to weave my sense of humor and advocacy throughout everything I do.  …