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Lake Landscape

Reflective Practitioner

"Self-reflection entails asking yourself questions about your values, assessing your strengths and failures, thinking about your perceptions and interactions with others, and imagining where you want to take yourself in the future." -Robert L. Rosen

Self Reflection

  • In terms of growth, I have always valued patient education and believe it is a strong skill to incorporate during treatments to promote patient buy-in and help them better understand their condition. I can still grow in this area throughout my career by being more proactive about educating patients instead of waiting for them to ask me questions.

  • Something that is still hard for me is when my patients aren't progressing or go backwards/come in with more pain. I take it personally, that somehow, I have failed as a therapist. I need to practice looking at it more objectively as an injury and recognize that set-backs can happen as a part of the rehab process. It is also important to continue to evaluate what could be triggering a setback; maybe the progression of exercise was too much, my communication was ineffective between the patient and I during our previous treatment, or there might be something more I missed during their evaluation that I need to re-examine.

  • Throughout my experiences in many different clinical settings, I have observed the PT I do NOT want to be, and that is one who is glued to the screen and is inattentive to patients. I value gaining my patients trust and rapport; I make an effort to continuously learn about my patients interests and passions to better understand them as a person and individualize their plan of care to optimize their functional outcomes. 

My Mission

"I am a relentless physical therapist who works to gain the trust of patients by encouraging them to embrace their vulnerability. As a leader who models the way, I care for the whole person through mind, body, and spirit as understood by the Jesuit value of Cura Personalis. I strive to maintain my integrity as a professional through holding myself and the patient accountable for a successful recovery."

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Philosophy Key Points:

  • Vulnerability

  • Cura Personalis

  • Intergrity

  • Accountability

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Resume Highlights

Volunteering & Leadership

Southwest Region Woman's Club

  • Lakewood, CO

  • Member 2018-present

9 Health Fair

  • Golden, CO

  • Volunteer October 2019

All-Stars Club

  • Denver, CO

  • Volunteer Spring 2020

Kavod Senior Life

  • Denver, CO

  • Volunteer Summer 2021

Fundraising Co-Chair, Regis DPT Class of 2022 Student Government

  • Denver, CO

  • Fall 2019 - Fall 2021

Clinical Experiences

Rocky Mountain Veteran Affairs

  • Aurora, CO

  • October-November 2020 (5 weeks)

  • Medical and Surgical ICU Acute Care

Four Points Physical Therapy

  • Steamboat Springs, CO

  • May-July 2021 (8 weeks)

  • Outpatient Orthopedics

Encompass Health of Northern Virginia

  • Aldie, VA

  • October-December 2021 (11 weeks)

  • Inpatient Rehabilitation

CU Sports Medicine & Performance

  • Boulder, CO

  • January-April 2022 (12 weeks)

  • Outpatient Sports

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Research/Professional Development

Faculty-Led Research Project

  • Interprofessional Performance of Doctor of Physical Therapy Students, as Measured by the Interprofessional Professionalism Assessment during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Assistant Swim Coach - Holy Family High School

  • Broomfield, CO

  • Winter Seasons 2019-2020, 2020-2021

Surgical Observation 

  • RMVA - Total Knee Arthroplasty, Total Hip Arthroplasty

  • Steamboat Orthopeadics & Spine Institute - Meniscal Repair, Clavicular Hardware Removal, Rotator Cuff Repair

  • Boulder Surgery Center - Rotator Cuff Repair, Distal Biceps Tendon Repair, ACL and Lateral Meniscus Repair

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Leadership

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Eleanor Roosevelt:

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do."

Fundraising Co-Chair Responsibilities

  • Organized multiple fundraising events, raising over $5000 for DPT Class of 2022

    • Clothing order, restaurant fundraisers​

  • Attended and participated in student government meetings

  • Participated in planning and coordination of third year graduation party and gift to Regis 

Leadership Practices Inventory:

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Reflection

  • Higher scores in areas of enable others to act and model the way

    • Follows through on promises and commitments she makes, treats people with dignity and respect, actively listens to diverse points of view, speaks with genuine conviction about the higher meaning and purpose of our work

  • Lower scores in inspiring a shared vision and encouraging the heart

    • Shows others how their long-term interest can be realized by enlisting in a common vision, gets personally involved in recognizing people and celebrating accomplishments, challenges people to try out new and innovative ways to do their work​

  • ​Discrepancies in scores that surprised me:

    • Asks “what can we learn” when things don’t go as expected (10 – almost always vs 6 – sometimes)

    • Seeks out challenging opportunities that test her own skills and abilities (7 – fairly often vs 10 – almost always)

    • Praises people for a job well done (9 - very frequently vs 6 sometimes)

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