Meet our Occupational Therapy students

Read profiles of students to find out what it's like to be an occupational therapy student at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy. Their profiles highlight unique leadership and educational opportunities, and their commitment to improving their communities.

Maddie Everson with her client

Maddie Everson: Improving everyday lives 

Before switching to a pre-occupational therapy track, student Maddie Everson was pursuing physical therapy for her undergraduate degree in exercise science at the University of Wisconsin LaCrosse.

Hailey Malloy with patient

Hailey Molloy: a creative and historical approach to OT

From a young age, occupational therapy (OT) student Hailey Molloy knew she wanted to help people, though she wasn’t yet sure how. Her first exposure to OT was young, when her teenage cousin was involved in a severe car accident, resulting in a traumatic brain injury that was expected to end her life.

Bruktawit Zewdie

OT student seeks to support families waitlisted for diagnostic

For her doctorate capstone project, occupational therapy student Bruktawit Zewdie is interviewing parents of children on the autism spectrum who have been waitlisted for evaluation or intervention.