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Helen Han MA ’21

What brought you to occupational therapy?
I graduated from UC Irvine in 2016, and worked as a medical assistant for 3 years before starting the program. Before coming into the field of Occupational Therapy, I was pursuing nursing, but had a career change when I realized that OT was a better fit for me.

What area of practice are you interested in?
The area of practice that I am interested in is stroke rehabilitation, traumatic brain injury (TBI), and adult rehabilitation.

What are some of the occupations you engage in?
Hanging out at coffee shops, eating delicious food with my friends, and more recently, cooking!

Tell us about your favorite memory from the program so far.
My favorite memory in the OT program so far was when my friends and I went out to celebrate after our last final during this past Fall semester. We went to go eat Thai food and got cheap boba afterwards! It was a great time.

If your childhood had a smell, what would it be?
If my childhood had a smell, it would either be the scent of my mom making Korean food, or the body spray of my angsty teenage days: Love Spell by Victoria’s Secret haha.

What song can you sing entirely by heart?
Crazy in Love by Beyoncé.

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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.