I didn’t envision myself having a career in healthcare, but interning with Amputee Blade Runners and volunteering in Ecuador with Range of Motion Project made me excited to pursue a path in prosthetics and orthotics.

With a mechanical engineering degree from Iowa State University, I was looking for the best profession to apply my problem-solving skills, and it wasn’t until interning with a prosthetist that I discovered the possibility of working with technology and people. I continued my education at University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas to receive my Master’s of Prosthetics and Orthotics. I enjoy everything about the profession, whether that’s seeing how my efforts give someone their mobility back or building new and lasting relationships with my patients.