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Stephanie Perez MA ’22

What brought you to occupational therapy?
What interested me about occupational therapy was the holistic approach to health-care and the different specialty areas.

What area of practice are you interested in?
I am currently interested in hand therapy and adult rehab.

Describe your background before coming into occupational therapy.
Before coming into occupational therapy, I was a recreation therapist. I previously worked as a recreation therapy consultant for a community day program for adults with developmental disabilities.

If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?
If I could travel anywhere, I would travel to Liverpool, England.

You have your own late night talk show, who do you invite as your first guest?
I would invite Conan O’Brien as my first guest.

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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 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) is accredited 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.

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for the national certification examination administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. All states require licensure to practice; a felony conviction may affect a graduate’s ability to sit for the NBCOT® OTR certification examination or attain state licensure. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.