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Reflections of 2019 Minority Scholarship Award Recipients


The 2019 APTA Celebration of Diversity was a record-breaker, attracting some 360 attendees to honor this year's recipients of the APTA Minority Scholarship Awards. The awards recognize professional character and academic excellence among physical therapy students in their final year of an accredited program as well as faculty members pursuing postprofessional doctoral degrees.

Recipients of the 2019 awards included:

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