My Dream To Become An Occupational Therapist

A novelist Susan Elizabeth Phillips once said, “that what is worth having is worth fighting for.” That is exactly what I have been doing for the past seven years, by not giving up on my dream to become an Occupational Therapist, despite the hurdle in my path of having to complete a whole new undergrad program. While it has not been easy, it has been a learning experience and I have become more resolute in my determination to become an Occupational Therapist.

I initially choose the Occupational Therapy career when I graduated from high school in 2010. My mom had a friend whose child has Autism and praised how much Occupational Therapy had benefitted her child. I did research on the AOTA website and observed at an OT undergrad program. I knew

While I learned about the importance of OT during my academic journey, my true foray into Occupational Therapy was during my fourth-year fieldwork. I was fortunate enough to have seen a variety of settings which have increased my knowledge of OT’s domain in school, inpatient, outpatient, neurological clinics, and primarily sensory based clinics as well as many other unique settings. I fell in love with this career upon seeing the pride and joy of the patients in gaining something that I always valued:

The political instability and violent conditions of Pakistan deterred me from going back and completing my degree. Unfortunately, because the OT bachelor program was no longer offered in America, I had to essentially complete a whole new major. Needless to say, I was upset and disappointed about having to pretty much do my undergraduate degree over again but the last thing I wanted to do was give up on my dream. So, I became a full-time student in school and worked hard to keep my GPA up along with other extracurricular