Education
2024
Doctorate in Advanced Practice Occupational Therapy (OTD)
Bay Path University
1995
Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy
University of the Witwatersrand
Licenses & Certifications
- Registered Occupational Therapist (OTR/L)
- Certified Hand Therapist (CHT)–2005
- Specialty Certification in Driving and Community Mobility (SCDCM)–2021
- Dry Needling Certification–2021
- Roy Matheson Certification–2024
Areas of Expertise
- Mental Health & Psychiatric Rehabilitation
- Rural & Community Health Practice
- Student Supervision & Clinical Education
- Neurological Rehabilitation
- Cardiac Rehabilitation
- Certified Hand Therapy
- Driving Rehabilitation & Community Mobility
- Dry Needling
- Functional Capacity Evaluations (FCEs)
- Work Hardening & Industrial Rehabilitation
- Home Health Therapy
- Interdisciplinary Team Leadership
Areas of Expertise
•Adaptive Home Health / Eagle Creek
Occupational Therapist | 2025–Present
•Texas Health Resources
Clinical Specialist – Outpatient Rehabilitation | 2015–2025
•Encompass Home Health
Occupational Therapist | 2013–2015
•HealthSouth Texarkana
Occupational Therapist / Certified Hand Therapist | 2002–2013
•Lagniappe – Shreveport
Occupational Therapist | 1998–2002
•Durban – KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Occupational Therapist | 1996–1998