The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Bethesda, Md, reports that an occupational therapist was recently honored with a woman of the year award in Los Angeles.
Terri Nishimura, MA, OTR/L, was among five women to win the award presented by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women.
Nishimura is one of the founding executive directors of Pediatric Therapy Network, Torrance, Calif, where she works as executive director of policy and community affairs. She has been a licensed occupational therapist since 1983 and volunteers to promote occupational therapy and the clients she serves.
She has served on a variety of commissions, boards, and committees, and serves as chair of the Policy Roundtable for Child Care, which strengthens the child care system and infrastructure by providing policy recommendations to the Board of Supervisors.
[Source: AOTA]
