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Stephanie Perez MA ’22

What brought you to occupational therapy?
What interested me about occupational therapy was the holistic approach to health-care and the different specialty areas.

What area of practice are you interested in?
I am currently interested in hand therapy and adult rehab.

Describe your background before coming into occupational therapy.
Before coming into occupational therapy, I was a recreation therapist. I previously worked as a recreation therapy consultant for a community day program for adults with developmental disabilities.

If you could travel anywhere, where would it be?
If I could travel anywhere, I would travel to Liverpool, England.

You have your own late night talk show, who do you invite as your first guest?
I would invite Conan O’Brien as my first guest.

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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 fully 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) has applied for accreditation and has been granted Preaccreditation Status 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. The program must complete an on-site evaluation and be granted Accreditation Status before its graduates will be eligible to sit for the national certification examination for the occupational therapist administered by the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®).

Professional program graduates are eligible to apply for certification by National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy, Inc.® (NBCOT®), nbcot.org. Program results from the NBCOT® can be found online at www.nbcot.org/Educators-Folder/SchoolPerformance.