Deborah Walker
Year in ISM: Class of 2013-2014-ISM 1 and 2014-2015-ISM 2
Current Location: Texas Woman's University
Topic: Occupational Therapy/Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Currently Pursuing: Yes
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How has ISM benefitted Deborah Walker?
"My experience in ISM helped me to get into my university's honor's program and graduate school. ISM also helped me to prepare myself for the rigor and material in university. ISM also provided me with incredibly valuable professional relationships that have helped me with internships."
What was a challenge they faced and overcame?
"I developed a benign but symptomatic brain tumor when I was 12, and by the time I was in high school and college, it greatly impacted my academics and I had to have brain surgery during the middle of my freshman year of university."
Advice
"Take the ISM experience seriously, start early on everything, and think of the experience as a precursor to college. Get used to the self-pacing and independence now."
Jeanie Song
Occupation: Occupational Therapist
Name of Business: Frisco ISD
Link to Business:
About Ms. Song
"Mrs. Song was a Pediatric Occupational Therapist within the Frisco ISD school system. She worked at the Early Childhood School and Curtsinger Elementary School with a caseload of between 20 and 30 children. She has since moved on to work as an Occupational Therapist for the US military in South Korea."
Mentorship Contribution
"She gave me hands-on experience with Occupational Therapy interventions or children at the Early Childhood School and Curtsinger. She also gave me input on the areas of Occupational Therapy that I needed to work on before I started college or applied for graduate school. "
- Deborah Walker
REMINDER: Ms. Song's information is listed on the website only for reference purposes. Students are expected to find their own mentors.