USC Chan at OTAC Conference

2022 OTAC Annual Conference & Expo
October 27-30, 2022
Hyatt Regency Santa Clara

The faculty, staff, students and alumni of USC Chan — including more than 40 speakers and presenters — will be represented at the 2022 Conference of the Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC).

Trojan Family Reception

Friday, Oct. 28
7:30 – 10:00 p.m.
Hyatt Regency Santa Clara (Terra Courtyard)

2022 OTAC Annual Award Recipients

Erna Blanche MA ’88, PhD ’98
Lifetime Achievement Award

Teresa Pham MA ’22, OTD ’23
Outstanding Student Award

Karen L. Park MA ’02, OTD ’13
OTAC Media Award

Christy Billock MA ’98, PhD ’05
California Foundation for Occupational Therapy 2022 Honored Lecturer

2022 OTAC Speakers and Presenters

Melina Allahverdian MA ’19, OTD ’20, Faculty | Arameh Anvarizadeh ’05, MA ’06, OTD ’07, Faculty | Amber Bennett MA ’13, OTD ’14, Faculty | Erna Blanche MA ’88, PhD ’98, Faculty | Brett Buford MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Erin Bussell MA ’19, OTD ’20, Faculty | Emily Campi MA ’20, PhD ’24 | Daphne Carcedo MA ’21, OTD ’22 | Samantha Coelho MA ’21, OTD ’22 | Lisa Deshaies, Faculty | Bryant Edwards MA ’05, OTD ’99 | Don Gordon MA ’94, PhD ’02, Faculty | Christine Haworth ’08, MA ’09 | Serena Hobson MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Judy Hopkins ’95, OTD ’15 | Tracy Jalaba MA ’14, OTD ’15, Faculty | Jenna Kobara MA ’13, OTD ’19, Faculty | Ingrid Leu MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Marissa Marchioni MA ’16, OTD ’17, Faculty | Erin McIntyre ’08, MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Rashelle Nagata ’15, MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Kristin Nxumalo MA ’14, OTD ’15 | Kaitlin O’Hara MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Karen L. Park MA ’02, OTD ’13 | Terry Peralta-Catipon MA ’98, PhD ’04 | Loree Pham PhD ’25 | Teresa Pham MA ’22, OTD ’23 | Allison Phillips OTD ’19, Faculty | Roberta Pineda, Faculty | Briana Pollard ’03, MA ’07, OTD ’08 | Carlin Reaume MA ’06, OTD ’07 | Chantelle Rice Collins BS ’07, MA ’08, OTD ’09, Faculty | Lizeth Rivera MA ’21, OTD ’22 | Trevor San Antonio MA ’20, OTD ’21, Faculty | Emma Schiewe MA ’20, OTD ’21, Faculty | Allie Schmiesing MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Lisa Test MA ’89, OTD ’09 | Marilyn Thompson MA ’20, OTD ’21, Faculty | Christine Turnbull MA’16, OTD’17, Faculty | Samantha Valasek MA ’15, OTD ’16 | Amy Su-Min Yeu MA ’21, OTD ’22

Please note, every effort is made to accurately recognize the USC Trojan Family; if an omission or error has been made to the list above, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

2021 OTAC Annual Conference & Expo
October 21-24, 2021
Virtual Event

The faculty, staff, students and alumni of USC Chan — including over 50 speakers and presenters — were well represented at the 2021 Virtual Annual Conference of the Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC).

2021 OTAC Annual Award Recipients

Lauren Lopez MA ’17, OTD ‘18
Political Action Award

Bill Wong MA ’11, OTD ’13
Media Award

Ana Verran MA ’83, Faculty
OT Practice Award

2021 OTAC Speakers and Presenters

Jazminne Orozco Arteaga MA ’11, OTD ’12 | Jennifer Bashar OTD ’16 | Tracy Becerra-Culqui ’05 | Christy Billock MA ’98, PhD ’05 | Erna Imperatore Blanche MA ’88, PhD ’98, Faculty | Erwin Borja MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Zipporah Brown OTD ’18 | Allison Chu ’99, MA ’01, OTD ’11, Faculty | Laura Cox MA ’17, OTD ’18, Faculty | Gabriel Carcedo Cravens MA ’21, OTD ’22 | Rebecca Cunningham MA ’15, OT ’16, Faculty | Talent Dang MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Jayson Davies ’11, MA ’12 | Shain Davis MA ’12, OTD ’13 | Celso Delgado Jr. MA ’05, OTD ’10, Faculty | Lisa Deshaies, Faculty | Nora Dixon MA ’20, OTD ’22 | Heidi Dombish, Faculty | Lindsey Edgell MA ’20, OTD ’21 | Bryant Edwards MA ’05, OTD ’06 | Shan-Pin Fanchiang MA ’88, PhD ’99 | Ashley Halle MA ’11, OTD ’12, Faculty | Caroline Hardin MA ’18, OTD ’19, Faculty | Christine Haworth ’08, MA ’09 | Lauren Heflin MA ’11 | Antonietta Iannaccone MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Kayla Johari MA ’21, OTD ’22 | Kelcie Kadowaki MA ’17, OTD ’18, Faculty | Heather Kitching MA ’02, OTD ’10 | Jenna Kobara MA ’13, OTD ’19, Faculty | Ingrid Leu MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Lauren Lopez MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Marissa Marchioni MA ’16, OTD ’17, Faculty | Jacqueline Martin MA ’20, OTD ’21 | Kristin McConnell MA ’20, OTD ’22 | Erin McIntyre ’08, MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Jenna Mele MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Jaynee Meyer MA ’99, OTD ’06 | Julie Miller MA ’07 | Tessa Milman MA ’08, OTD ’09, Faculty | Pat Nagaishia MA ’80 | Bonnie Nakasuji ’74, MA ’94, OTD ’08, Faculty | Karen Park MA ’02, OTD ’13 | Samia Rafeedie MA ’05, OTD ’06, Faculty | Malia Sako MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Emma Schiewe MA ’20, OTD ’21 | Erin Schwier MA ’02, OTD ’03 | Lisa Test MA ’89, OTD ’09 | Justin Tran MA ’20, OTD ’21 | Samantha Valasek MA ’15, OTD ’16, Faculty | Eileen Wang MA ’08 | Jamie Wilcox MA ’13, OTD ’14, Faculty | Rhonda Windham MA ’12, OTD ’13 | Bill Wong MA ’11, OTD ’13 | Mariko Yamazaki-Sanchez MA ’10, OTD ’11 | Elizabeth Zepeda MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Amy Zhao MA ’19, OTD ’20

Please note, every effort is made to accurately recognize the USC Trojan Family; if an omission or error has been made to the list above, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

2020 OTAC Annual Conference & Expo
October 8-11, 2020
Virtual Event

The faculty, staff, students and alumni of USC Chan — including 2 award winners and 40 speakers and presenters — were well represented at the 2020 Virtual Annual Conference of the Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC).

2020 OTAC Annual Award Recipients

Christy Billock MA ’98, PhD ’05
Award of Excellence

Maria Cristina Jiménez MA ’20
Outstanding Student Award

2020 OTAC Speakers and Presenters

Yasi Amanat MA ’15, OTD ’16, Faculty | Arameh Anvarizadeh ’05, MA ’06, OTD ’07, Faculty | Amber Bennett MA ’13, OTD ’14, Faculty | Zipporah Brown OTD ’18 | Colleen Carroll MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Jennifer Chan MA ’18, OTD ’19, Faculty | Megan Chang MA ’01, PhD ’09 | Ellie Clark MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Jayson Davies ’11, MA ’12 | Lynette DeFrancia MA ’02 | Celso Delgado Jr. MA ’05, OTD ’10, Faculty | Cheyenne Dixon MA ’20, OTD ’21 | Bianca Doherty OTD ’17 | Bryant Edwards MA ’05, OTD ’06 | Jenna Freeman MA ’21 | Amers Goff MA ’13 | Thu Hoang ’18, MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Serena Hobson MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Lucy Hosoda MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Esther Jahng MA ’20 | Kayla Johari MA ’21 | Kelcie Kadowaki MA ’17, OTD ’18, Faculty | Carnie Lewis ’17, MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Tabitha Lin MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Lauren Lopez MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Stacey Morikawa MA ’11, OTD ’12, Faculty | Pat Nagaishia MA ’80 | Bonnie Nakasuji ’74, MA ’94, OTD ’08, Faculty | Phuong Nguyen MA ’10, OTD ’11, Faculty | Karen Ni BS ’14, MA ’15, OTD ’16 | Marilyn Noriega MA ’95 | Daniel Padilla Vega MA ’20, OTD ’21 | Jessica Pedersen ’18, MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Gary Petersen MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Samia Rafeedie MA ’05, OTD ’06, Faculty | Chelsea Rivera MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Linsey Smith MA ’08, OTD ’15, Faculty | Heather Thomas MA ’98 | Samantha Valasek MA ’15, OTD ’16, Faculty | Yushi Wang ’18, MA ’19, OTD ’20

Please note, every effort is made to accurately recognize the USC Trojan Family; if an omission or error has been made to the list above, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

2019 OTAC Annual Conference & Expo
October 17-20, 2019
Pasadena, CA

The faculty, staff, students and alumni of USC Chan were well represented at the 2019 Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC) Annual Conference. With more than 110 Trojan speakers/presenters and a Saturday evening Trojan Family Reception, this year’s conference was another great one!

2019 OTAC Speakers and Presenters

Melina Allahverdian MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Asha Asher MA ’91 | Michal Atkins MA ’89 | Ranier Barrett MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Michele Berro MA ’88 | Christy Billock MA ’98, PhD ’05 | Julie Bissell MA ’79, OTD ’12 | Erna Blanche MA ’88, PhD ’98 | Sarah Bream MA ’96, OTD ’09 | Erin Bussell MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Emily Campi MA ’20, PhD ’24 | Jennifer Chan MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Wesley Ellen Chen MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Eddie Chu MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Cynthia Cooper MA ’81 | Catherine Crowley OTD ’07 | Karen Crum MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Kaitlyn Cruz MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Rebecca Cunningham MA ’15, OTD ’16 | Akemi Davies MA ’05 | Celso Delgado Jr. MA ’05, OTD ’10 | Lisa Deshaies, Faculty | Bryant Edwards MA ’05, OTD ’06 | Shan-Pin Fanchiang MA ’88, PhD ’99 | Judith Freeman BS ’67, MA ’87 | Taly Galor MA ’17 | Heather Gates MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Danielle Gies MA ’19 | Fides Faith Goh ’12, MA ’13 | Margaret Goodfellow MA ’21 | Don Gordon MA ’94, PhD ’02 | Gabrielle Granados ’16, MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Caroline Hardin MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Grace Ho MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Judy Hopkins ’95, OTD ’15 | Tracy Jalaba MA ’14, OTD ’15 | Jennifer Jones MA ’06, OTD ’07 | Katie Jordan MA ’03, OTD ’04 | Joyce Jung ’96, MA ’04 | Kelcie Kadowaki MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Bryan Kang MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Alisa Kim MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Jennifer Kim MA ’14 | Lynn Kim MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Sarah Kim MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Kendra King MA ’13 | Karrie Kingsley MA ’01, OTD ’07 | Heather Kitching MA ’02, OTD ’10 | Jenna Kobara MA ’13, OTD ’19 | Elissa Lee MA ’19 | Ingrid Leu MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Amanda Levy MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Carnie Lewis ’17, MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Linda Liang OTD ’18 | Tabitha Lin MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Megan Linderman ’17, MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Danielle Lombardi MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Marissa Marchioni MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Cynthia McCullough MA ’19 | Jackie McIntosh MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Erin McIntyre ’08, MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Jenna Mele MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Krystal Messer, Librarian | Julie Miller MA ’07 | Tessa Milman MA ’08, OTD ’09 | Kellie Miyashima MA ’20 | Jodie Murakami MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Rashelle Nagata ’15, MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Bonnie Nakasuji ’74, MA ’94, OTD ’08 | Evan Nicholas MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Marilyn Noriega MA ’95 | Kristin Nxumalo MA ’14, OTD ’15 | Erin O’Donnell MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Jean Pacifico-Banta MA ’00, OTD ’06 | Karen Park MA ’02, OTD ’13 | Kristy Payne MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Terry Peralta-Catipon MA ’98, PhD ’04 | Christine Peters, Historian | Shawn Phipps ’97, BOC Member | Bobbi Pineda, Faculty | Deborah Pitts PhD ’12 | Jessica Richman MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Jamie Sakamoto MA ’02 | E. Malia Sako MA ’18, OTD ’19 | David Saldana MA ’19, OTD ’20 | Clarissa Saunders-Newton PhD ’11 | Allie Schmiesing MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Aviril (Apple) Sepulveda OTD ’17 | Connie Suh MA ’16 | Melody Taban ’15 | Ashley Tarango MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Teresa Teng MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Lisa Test MA ’89, OTD ’09 | Heather Thomas MA ’98 | Cecilia Tran MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Sonia Trejo MA ’08, OTD ’20 | Joseph Christian Ungco MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Amanda Vanni, USC Staff | Rani Waterman MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Julie Werner ’07, MA ’08, PhD ’13 | Jamieson Wilcox MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Joi Willis MA ’19 | Ellen Wleklinski Collins ’14, MA ’15, OTD ’16 | Lorelei Woerner ’93 | Phoebe Yam MA ’18, OTD ’19 | E. Mariko Yamazaki-Sanchez MA ’10, OTD ’11 | Stephanie Yang MA ’07 | Amy Yeh MA ’20 | Bahar Youdai MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Elizabeth Zepeda MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Amy Zhao MA ’19, OTD ’20

Please note, every effort is made to accurately recognize the USC Trojan Family; if an omission or error has been made to the list above, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

2018 OTAC Annual Conference & Expo
October 25-28, 2018
Pasadena, CA

The faculty, staff, students and alumni of USC Chan were well represented at the 2018 Occupational Therapy Association of California (OTAC) Annual Conference, hosted October 25–28 in Pasadena. With three alumni award winners, more than 90 Trojan speakers/presenters and a Saturday evening Trojan Family Reception, this conference was another great one!

2018 OTAC Award Recipients

Monica Becerril MA ’96
OT Practice Award

Bryant Edwards MA ’05, OTD ’06
Janice Matsutsuyu Outstanding Service Award

Jerry Jordan ’14, MA ’15, OTD ’16
Luella Grangaard Political Action Award

2018 OTAC Speakers/Presenters

Madison Aguirre MA ’14 | Asha Asher MA ’91 | Esther Bae MA ’10, OTD ’19 | Grace Baranek, Faculty | Miki Bernal MA ’76 | Michele Berro MA ’88 | Julie Bissell MA ’79, OTD ’12 | Erwin Borja MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Amy Brown MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Sharon Cermak, Faculty | Megan Chang MA ’01, PhD ’09 | Vivian Chang MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Grace Cho MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Jessica Choi MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Connie Chu MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Laura Cox MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Rebecca Cunningham MA ’15, OTD ’16, Faculty | Ronald Dallatorre MA ’16, OTD ’18 | Akemi Davies MA ’05 | Jayson Davies BS ’11, MA ’12 | Celso Delgado Jr. MA ’05, OTD ’10, Faculty | Lisa Deshaies, Faculty | Leah Stein Duker MA ’06, PhD ’13, Postdoc ’15, Faculty | Bryant Edwards MA ’05, OTD ’06 | Shan-Pin Fanchiang MA ’88, PhD ’99 | Laura Ferrari MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Lucía Floríndez PhD ’19 | Judith Freeman BS ’67, MA ’87 | Kimberly Goldstein BS ’16,  MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Don Gordon MA ’94, PhD ’02, Faculty | Caitlin Chaney Greene MA ’15, OTD ’16, Faculty | Juliana Gutierrez MA ’07, OTD ’18 | Ashley Halle MA ’11, OTD ’12, Faculty | Lauren Hastings MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Grace Ho MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Jennifer Hong MA ’18 | Judy Hopkins BS ’95, OTD ’15 | Breanna Howell MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Benedict Hwangbo OTD ’18 | Antonietta Iannaccone MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Erna Blanche MA ’88, PhD ’98, Faculty | Tracy Jalaba MA ’14, OTD ’15, Faculty | Amy Jensen MA ’13 | Katie Jordan MA ’03, OTD ’04, Faculty | Kelcie Kadowaki MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Rena Katrikh MA ’09 | Lynn Kim MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Maggie King BS ’16, MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Heather Kitching MA ’02, OTD ’10 | Elissa Lee MA ’19 | Gyeom Bi Lee MA ’18 | Ingrid Leu MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Aimee Levine Dickman BS ’05, MA ’06 | Cherylin Lew BS ’09, MA ’00, OTD ’08 | Tabitha Lin MA ’19 | Natalie Loera MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Lauren Lopez MA ’17, OTD ’19 | Zoe Mailloux BS ’77, MA ’81, OTD ’12 | Marissa Marchioni MA ’16, OTD ’17, Faculty | Jenna Mele MA ’09, OTD ’10 | Zari Morales MA ’18 | Rashelle Nagata BS ’15, MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Bonnie Nakasuji BS ’74, MA ’94, OTD ’08 | Alexis Nalbach MA ’19 | Karen Ni BS ’14, MA ’15, OTD ’16 | Kristin Nxumalo MA ’14, OTD ’15, Faculty | Erin O’Donnell MA ’13, OTD ’14 | Jean Pacifico-Banta MA ’00, OTD ’06 | Daniel Park MA ’09, OTD ’10, Faculty | Paul Penoliar BS ’00 | Samia Rafeedie MA ’05, OTD ’06, Faculty | Ken Radomski MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Lindsey Reeves MA ’14, OTD ’15, Faculty | Chantelle Rice Collins BS ’07, MA ’08, OTD ’09, Faculty | Aja Roley MA ’12 | Malia Sako MA ’18, OTD ’19 | David Saldana MA ’19 | Emily Schulze MA ’16, OTD ’17, Faculty | Creig Smith MA ’19 | Linsey Smith MA ’08, OTD ’15, Faculty | Esther Suh MA ’04 | Tracy Tang MA ’18 | Lisa Test MA ’89, OTD ’09 | Heather Thomas MA ’98 | Kendall Tillman MA ’18 | Cecilia Tran MA ’17, OTD ’18 | Alison Ulie MA ’18 | Ashley Uyeshiro Simon MA ’10, OTD ’11, Faculty | Samantha Valasek MA ’15, OTD ’16, Faculty | Rani Waterman MA ’16, OTD ’17 | Andrea Weller MA ’18 | Ellen Wleklinski Collins BS ’14, MA ’15, OTD ’16 | Lora Woo BS ’83, OTD ’10 | Elizabeth Zepeda MA ’18, OTD ’19 | Jesse Zhao MA ’19

Please note, every effort is made to accurately recognize the USC Trojan Family; if an omission or error has been made to the list above, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).

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