“This is at Belinda and Norman Lebowitz’s home – they welcomed us for lunch with them and their family. I met Bea – an occupational therapist specializing in low vision – after attending the World Fed of OT congress in 2018 after she took a photo of my poster and then we started emailing after.
In 2019, we met in person and since that day we have been working together. I introduced her to Beth Barstow, director of our Graduate Certificate in Low Vision Rehabilitation program, and our collaboration has gone from strength to strength. Beth met Bea in person for first time today.
It was just wonderful to meet in person again and continue our planning to create low vision education and resources for occupational therapists in the United States and South Africa.
Bea is also involved in mentoring Nikki Fernandez one of our students in the OTD and her capstone, so Nikki got to meet her in person as well.
Belinda and Norman welcomed this whole group – two dozen of us – into their home. It was a huge honor.”
~Gavin Jenkins, chair, UAB Department of Occupational Therapy
