Perspective | I'm an Early Career PT Learning About Resilience — And Building a Legacy

October is always a special time of transition for me. Aside from being a time of fall festivities and family celebrations, it was the month I celebrated getting into my No. 1 choice for physical therapy school: University of Maryland, Baltimore. And the memories of PT school are still fresh — I graduated in 2017.

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