Episode 2: Advocacy and Innovation

Catherine Hoyt, OTD, OTR/L, is a founding member and serves as the Chair of the Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity (COTAD). She is an alum of Washington University in St. Louis Program in Occupational Therapy and is currently in her third year of working towards her PhD in Rehabilitation and Participation Science.  As a clinician, Catherine focuses her time on supporting infants and toddlers with or at risk of developmental delay and their families particularly in underserved or neglected communities.  Apart from clinical practice, Catherine has developed and taught a conversational Spanish curriculum for preparing OT students for service learning experiences. She is also the owner of My Little Sunshine Pediatric Therapy in St. Louis, MO, and serves on the advisory board for Southpaw Enterprises with two designs currently in production. 

Catherine is on Twitter as @DrCatHoyt and can be reached via email at Catherine@DrCatherineHoyt.com.

Recommendations from this episode:

• Scheduled - an app that allows you to pre-write and schedule text messages
• COTAD: Coalition for Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity

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"If you're in OT school and you're preparing to enter the profession, I know that can be an intimidating place.  You know a lot more than you think you do, and so just have confidence in that knowledge and your desire to help.  If you have that passion and that energy, even if you don't know, you'll find the answer."
~Dr. Catherine Hoyt