Introducing a New Blog Coordinator!

Hello everyone! My name is Samantha Tupas. I am a first-year occupational therapy doctorate student at Midwestern University at Downers Grove. I am the new blog coordinator for In the Now and I am beyond excited to start this new position! If someone told me a couple of years ago that I would be volunteering with ILOTA and writing for their blog, I wouldn’t have believed it! But here I am now, ready to create a space for sharing the stories of not just OT practitioners but also OT and OTA students. My peers at Midwestern University have continued to inspire me to write about a variety of topics. I plan on sharing stories about neurodiversity, spirituality in OT, and work-life balance. It will be tough filling in for the previous blog coordinators, but it is my hope that this blog can be a place that inspires others to discover new things about occupational therapy.

I myself, became interested in occupational therapy when I took a chemistry class in high school and realized that pharmacy was not for me. But from that experience, I explored other fields of healthcare from surgery to biomedical engineering. Ultimately, what brought me to this profession is the mix of art and science that represents many of the interests that I have in life. I love learning about theories and conditions, but in my free time, I pick up a piece of paper and a pen and draw to my heart’s content.

That being said, I would like to publish my very first blog post with a quote that motivates me to this day. It got me through undergraduate finals, through OT school applications, and I hope that it inspires others to keep going even when there is a voice inside of you that says “no you can’t.”

Quote from Vincent Van Gogh

- Pink circle in front of a yellow background with blue paint marks. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” Vincent Van Gogh.

Happy Reading!

Samantha

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