EDUCATION: | LaGuardia Community College AS, Physical Therapy Assistant 2010 – 2012 Spring into Action Scholarship University of the Arts BFA, Animation 2005 – 2007 Promising Artist Scholarship
Delaware College of Art and Design AFA, Animation 2002 – 2004 DFVA Scholarship |
WORK EXPERIENCE: | ESL Tutor Korean Student Education October 2010–Present Queens, NY • Assists ESL students in improving speaking, listening, writing, and reading skills • Design lesson plans and utilize different methods that help ESL students prepare for TOEFL, College, and daily conversation skills • Work with students to focus on areas that they wish to improve, predominantly conversational English Student Physical Therapist Assistant Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility October 2012 – November 2012 Woodside, NY • Inpatient sub acute and long term facility where duties include patient bed mobility, transfers, ambulation, ROM, muscle strengthening and balance strategies • Filled out various forms, such as daily SOAP notes, attendance and discharge notes • Educated patients and their families about how to perform the exercises provided upon the patient's discharge • Worked with patients both at bedside and in a gym setting
Student Physical Therapist Assistant Annie Black Physical Therapy June 2012 – September 2012 Forest Hills, NY • Outpatient setting where I carried my own case load and developed exercise programs according to different patient pathologies and levels of recovery • Encouraged the integration of new technology into methods of successfully peer evaluated therapy, such as the with the Nintendo Wii • Successfully treated patients with modalities, massage, exercise regimens, stretching, ROM, and HEP
Student Technology Mentor LaGuardia Community College January 2011 – June 2012 Long Island City, NY • Assist students and faculty with technology that is used throughout the school • Help people with computer programs such as Digication, Blackboard, Microsoft Word and Dream Weaver • Problem solve any technological problems that may arise during a teaching session
Student Physical Therapist Assistant Fidelity Physical Therapy January 2012 – February 2012 Elmhurst, NY • Clinical Affiliation in an outpatient clinic, where I applied various modalities to the patients such as estim, ultrasound, and laser • Performed ROM and MMT on patients experiencing pain due to various pathologies • Achieved success through hands on therapy such a massage and gait training
Volunteer Astoria Physical Therapy Associates, LLC February 2011 – April 2011 Astoria, NY • Observe the daily activities that take place in a physical therapy outpatient clinic • Applied hot and cold packs to the patients as needed • Assisted the other staff members with any help that was required |
SKILLS: | ROM, MMT, mobility, gait training/analysis, neuromuscular rehabilitation, cryotherapy, thermal therapy, light therapy, Electric Stimulation, wound care, orthopedic rehabilitation, therapeutic massage |
ACTIVITIES: | President of the Student Physical Therapist club, taking part in APTA's lobby day, APTA member, NYC Road Runner's half marathon, blood donation, active member in the annual Wellness Fair, AIDS walk volunteer |
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