My path to occupational therapy has always been rooted in curiosity about people: how our brains work, what shapes our experiences, and what helps us build lives that feel meaningful to us. I graduated from the University of Michigan, where I studied biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience, before earning my master’s degree in occupational therapy from Eastern Michigan University. Before becoming an OT, I worked as both a caregiver and an activities coordinator. My experiences as a caregiver, both professionally and within my own family, gave me an invaluable perspective on what it means to support someone in the context of their real life, while also recognizing the experiences and needs of the people who love and care for them. Working in activities taught me something equally important: having access to meaningful things to do isn’t an extra. The activities, interests, and connections that bring us purpose, joy, and a sense of ourselves are an important part of well-being. My early OT career was rooted in neurorehabilitation. I completed my Level II fieldwork in inpatient rehabilitation and community-based traumatic brain injury rehabilitation, then began my career on an inpatient brain injury and spinal cord injury rehabilitation team. From there, I transitioned to residential rehabilitation, supporting adults with traumatic brain injuries and mental health differences. During this time, I also had the opportunity to work with former NFL players and veterans navigating the long-term effects of repeated concussions. Over time, I became increasingly interested in what support could look like outside of traditional rehabilitation settings. I began seeing neurodivergent adults in their homes part-time, providing individualized OT services that were difficult to find elsewhere in my community. I loved being able to work alongside people in their actual lives, understanding barriers in context, working on real things together, and creating strategies, environments, and systems around the person rather than expecting the person to fit into them. What started as a small side practice eventually became my full-time work. In 2022, I co-founded Diverge Community Services, where I helped build a practice centered on reducing barriers and supporting meaningful, self-directed living. Creating Neurospace was a natural and intentional next step. It gave me the opportunity to take everything I had learned from caregiving, neurorehabilitation, community-based practice, entrepreneurship, and the people I’ve had the privilege of working alongside, and build a practice that more fully reflects how I want to provide care. Neurospace allows me to work deeply and individually with my clients, stay grounded in the values that matter to me, and create a sustainable rhythm for my work and my life as I’ve stepped into my newest, and favorite, role as a mom.