Brightening My Client's Day One Smile At a Time by Kalista

Brightening My Client's Day One Smile At a Time by Kalista - June 2020 Scholarship Essay

Hi! My name is Kalista Linden, and I plan on getting my master’s in Occupational Therapy. Occupational Therapy, I truly believe, is a special profession. It allows the young and old alike to return after an injury to normal life, such as buttoning a shirt or relearning how to bake, or helping the disabled to learn how to optimize and improve their range of movements.
Sadly, these clients are not always treated with the utmost respect and loving care that they deserve. This world offers a full cup and an overrunning cup full of chaos, fear, and uncertainty. Therefore, I would love for my future clients to wholeheartedly know that they will be treated with the maximum amount of love, rehabilitation, and given as much teaching as they can receive in that time period. One of the things that I truly believe in is always greeting others with a huge, genuine smile on your face, and will influence your mood and possibly even theirs! It is the little things that you can do, such as smiling, to make somebody’s day so much better. In the end, I would like to bring change to the field of Occupational Therapy by taking a more personal approach and helping to mend not only their bodies, but their souls, one smile at a time.