Home ⟩The People of USC Chan ⟩Meet Our Trojan Family ⟩Entry-Level Doctorate (OTD)

Monica Guy MA ’22

What area of practice are you interested in?
NICU and early development, acute care & adult rehabilitation, and whatever is to come.

Describe your background before coming to occupational therapy.
Wow! I was a:

• TV news assignment editor, producer & reporter
• In public relations for a school district
• Professional writer
• Professional actor/singer/dancer
• Gymnastics coach and dance teacher
• Owner and director of a children’s dance school (2-19 yrs.)
• Group facilitator for acting improvisation workshops in marginalized settings
• Jewelry designer & owner of “mgjewelry”
• Fragile X Syndrome advocate
• Mother

If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?
Holland, the land of tulips, clogs, windmills, irrigation ingenuity and Amsterdam with many passions on display and Venice, the city on water and rides on gondolas.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
“What you need is within you . . . that’s it. You did what you could, now let it go. Be kind to yourself.”

⋯

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.