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Gabe Carcedo Cravens MA ’21

What brought you to occupational therapy?
What brought me to occupational therapy was their strive to offer diverse care to their clients regardless of background, ethnicity, race, sexuality or gender identity.

What area of practice are you interested in?
I’m mostly interested in working in the educational part of occupational therapy. I hope that I can one day teach my own class about lgbtq+ health care and how occupational therapists can better treat and include their lgbtq+ clients.

Describe your background before coming to occupational therapy.
I am coming into occupational therapy with a different educational background than my peers. I graduated with a BA in Gender Studies which allows me to see our material with a different view and offer insight from a feminist/gender studies perspective, something that I think occupational therapist need going forward.

What are some of the occupations you engage in?
My favorite occupations include going on hikes, going to the gym and hanging out with friends in local bars around the Los Angeles area.

What song can you sing entirely by heart?
Gold by Brockhampton.

What are some small things that make your day better?
Being able to listen to music and dance to my own music makes each day for me enjoyable and better. Being able to get those small groovy moves out once in a while makes all the difference.

Note: Gabe is now Assistant Professor of Clinical Occupational Therapy in the Chan division.

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USC Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
1540 Alcazar Street, CHP 133, Los Angeles, CA 90089-9003

ACOTE accreditation | NBCOT certification

The USC entry-level master’s degree program (cost of attendance) is fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education® (ACOTE®) of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The USC entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy (OTD) degree program (cost of attendance) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status by ACOTE®. View our program’s ACOTE® standards public data. ACOTE® c/o the American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.®, 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 510E, Bethesda, MD 20814, (301) 652-AOTA, www.acoteonline.org. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.