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Na (Lena) Li OTD ’25

What brought you to occupational therapy?
I’m passionate and desire to help people with physical disabilities.

What area of practice are you interested in?
I’m still exploring but I’m very interested in the area of practice with physical disabilities around age in youth and adults.

How do you plan to use Occupational Therapy in the future?
To help people with physical disabilities to create tools that can be easy to access and to learn how to cope their daily activities.

If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?
Paris.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given?
Limitations do not limit our minds, be creative to overcome the limitations.

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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.