Résumé

A concise view of clinical experience, leadership scope, education, and community involvement.

Summary

Pediatric physical therapist and Manager of Clinical Operations at Strides Pediatric Therapy, leading multidisciplinary clinical operations, hippotherapy programming, and torticollis specialty services. Doctor of Physical Therapy (University of Utah, 2023).

Experience

Manager of Clinical Operations · Pediatric Physical Therapist

Strides Pediatric Therapy · Eagle Mountain, UT
April 2023 – Present

  • Direct clinical operations and supervise a team of 30 therapists across Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology, and Mental Health disciplines.
  • Designed and implemented automated scheduling and onboarding systems, optimizing complex hippotherapy barn sessions and streamlining the new patient intake process.
  • Lead integration of new clinical programs and selection of standardized outcome measures for high-quality, data-driven patient care.
  • Primary liaison for university relations: manage student placements, facility tours, candidate interviews, and long-term partnerships with academic institutions.
  • Facilitate onboarding for new hires with specialized training in hippotherapy; conduct regular clinical in-service presentations on emerging pediatric therapy topics.
  • Scaled the Physical Therapy department from a part-time service to a thriving practice with full-time and part-time caseloads; maintain a consistent waitlist.
  • Leveraged TMR TOTS Level 1 & 2 certifications to establish a torticollis treatment program, with a 400% increase in physician and patient referrals specifically requesting my care.
  • Provide play-based and hippotherapy interventions for patients birth–22 years with diagnoses including cerebral palsy, POTS, developmental delay, and arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.

Clinical Rotation: Sports Focus

Utah State University Athletics / Logan Regional
January 2023 – April 2023

  • Provided high-level care focusing on high school and collegiate athletes.

Clinical Rotation: Neurological Focus

Utah Valley Hospital
November 2022 – January 2023

  • Treated patient populations involving stroke, traumatic brain injury, and neuro-post-operative care.

Clinical Rotation: Pediatric Outpatient

Logan Regional Pediatric Physical Therapy
August 2022 – October 2022

  • Managed long-term care for patients with torticollis, plagiocephaly, and other neurological disorders.

Education

University of Utah

Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT)
2023

Graduating class of 2023.

Dixie State University

Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science (Pre–Physical Therapy Emphasis)
2019

Graduating class of 2019. Research: The Correlation Between Ball-Bat Contact Speed and Trunk Flexibility by Degree of Shoulder and Hip Separation. Academic paper: The Effect of Diet on Telomere Length.

Dixie State University

Associate degree

Skills

  • Clinical operations and multidisciplinary supervision
  • Hippotherapy program coordination and barn-based scheduling
  • Torticollis and plagiocephaly (TMR TOTS)
  • Pediatric physical therapy (birth–22 years): cerebral palsy, developmental delay, POTS, arthrogryposis multiplex congenita
  • Student clinical education and university partnerships
  • Standardized outcome measures and program integration
  • Sports-focused and neurological rehabilitation (clinical rotations)

Certifications

  • TMR TOTS Level 1 & 2
  • Active Physical Therapist License (Utah)

Community and Volunteer Activities

The Train Station Fitness & Kickboxing

  • Assisted Parkinson's patients with training and performance.

Special Olympics

  • Track and field coach for athletes ages 11–15, focusing on javelin.

Dixie State University Soccer Clinic

  • Organized and launched a youth soccer clinic and trained coaches.

St. George Marathon

  • Provided recovery massages under medical supervision.