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Sumaieh J

25 / April

Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Sumaieh attended Fox College where she completed the Occupational Therapy Assistant Program in May of 2022. She obtained her Associate’s Degree in Applied Science. Sumaieh is…

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Allison M

7 / March

Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) Allison graduated from South Suburban College’s Occupational Therapy Assistant Program in December of 2021, obtaining her Associate’s Degree in Applied Sciences. During school and her fieldwork…

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Chiwana H

11 / January

Occupational Therapy Assistant Chiwana graduated in 2001 from Illinois Central College with an Associate’s degree in Applied Sciences as an Occupational Therapy Assistant. Chiwana currently attends Aurora University to obtain…

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Jillian W

21 / December

Occupational Therapist Assistant   Jillian Graduated from Brown Mackie College in 2011. Jillian worked for 11 years in Skilled Nursing Homes and in Home Health.  In high school and college,…

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Taylor B.

21 / April

Occupational Therapy Assistant Taylor attended Missouri State University to complete her Bachelor’s in Exercise Science. As a student, she dabbled in both the fields of physical therapy and occupational therapy…

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Arianna M.

21 / April

Occupational Therapy Assistant Arianna attended South Suburban College’s occupational therapy assistant program graduating with honors part of Phi Theta Kappa in 2020. She began her OT career in Early Intervention…

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Nick D.

20 / April

Occupational Therapy Assistant After graduating with an art degree, Nick stumbled into OT while working at his former elementary school as an art teacher and 1 on 1 aide. Upon noticing how…

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Pam S.

13 / April

Occupational Therapy Assistant Becoming a COTA, Pam received an undergraduate degree in Business Administration/Equestrian Science from William Woods University. She was motivated to switch careers to help more kids like…

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Brenda A.

18 / August

Occupational Therapy Assistant Brenda graduated from South Suburban College in 2006 with her Associates of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy Assistant. She was then assigned to two different school pediatric…

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Johnathan K.

18 / August

Occupational Therapy Assistant Jonathan graduated from South Suburban College, in South Holland, IL, where he achieved his associates degree as an Occupational Therapy Assistant. Jonathan chose working in the pediatric…

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Elizabeth S.

3 / March

Occupational Therapist Assistant  Beth started out in the field of education and child care, beginning with her first job at a daycare center while still in high school, then graduating…

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Rachel H.

2 / March

Occupational Therapy Assistant  Rachel graduated from Fox College as an Occupational Therapy Assistant in the fall of 2019. She is thrilled to be part of the Milestone team where she…

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Sarah G.

16 / July

Occupational Therapy Assistant  Sarah Gallegos an employee of Milestone Therapy for over 3, very short years, graduating from Brown Mackie College of Merrillville. Her passion for helping children of all…

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Kelly S.

18 / November

Occupational Therapy Assistant Kelly always had an interest in working with children. After attending school to be an Occupational Therapy Assistant, Kelly found that she had chosen a rewarding career….

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Colleen H.

18 / November

Occupational Therapy Assistant In 2009, Colleen decided to make a career change and pursue a degree as an occupational therapy assistant. She graduated from Lewis and Clark Community College in…