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Annette Comerchero OTD ’25

What brought you to occupational therapy?
Working with geriatric cancer survivors as a personal trainer brought me to OT.

What area of practice are you interested in?
I am most interested in working as an occupational therapist supporting geriatric cancer patients.

What are some of the occupations you engage in?
Some of my favorite occupations are parenting my son, socializing with my friends, practicing yoga, and working with my clients.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
The best piece of advice I have ever been given is also the most simple; the more good choices you make the better your life is.

If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?
I would love to travel to other dimensions of the universe to better understand our existence.

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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.