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Charlotte Moyer

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Bio

I am a respectful and self-motivated Licensed and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant with 6 years of direct support/healthcare experience and 7 years of mental health care experience. I seek to improve the lives of others through sharing my passion for Occupational Therapy and Mental Health Interventions. I was inspired to take this career path after witnessing how much Occupational Therapy interventions and therapy improved the quality of life of my brother with Autism and Schizoaffective disorder. I believe that everyone has a right to dignified and compassionate care. I am a driven and outgoing individual with a great sense of patience and empathy for others. My work and personal experiences have lent me a great deal of understanding for those going through medical or emotional trauma. I strive to be a source of hope and education for those working to achieve their goals. In an effort to further my skills in assisting others to live their fullest lives, I have begun an online Bachelor’s Degree program in Behavioral Science. I then plan to continue on to earning my Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I currently work as a Paraeducator with children with special needs and behavioral disorders, a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant in a nursing home, and I volunteer with the National MS Society and a local homeless outreach program called Laundry on Linden. I love to help others and am grateful that I have access to a program where I can study online and have time to continue working in direct care while continuing my education.

Education

Bellevue University

Bachelor's degree program
2021 - 2023
  • Majors:
    • Behavioral Sciences

Lehigh Carbon Community College

Associate's degree program
2016 - 2020
  • Majors:
    • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, General

Miscellaneous

  • Desired degree level:

    Master's degree program

  • Graduate schools of interest:

  • Transfer schools of interest:

  • Majors of interest:

    • Biopsychology
    • Psychology, General
    • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, General
  • Not planning to go to medical school

    • Career

    • Dream career field:

      Clinical Mental Health Counseling

    • Dream career goals:

      Therapist

    • Paraeducator

      Circle of Seasons Charter School
      2021 – Present3 years

    • Direct Support Professional

      BARC Developmental Services
      2015 – 20205 years

    Sports

    Triathlon

    Club
    2009 – 2009

    Awards

    • First Place in Age Group

    Research

    • Occupational Therapy

      Informal School Project — Data Collection
      2019 – 2019

    Arts

    • DCP Theatre, 4-H Club, Lehigh Valley Performing Arts Charter School, and co-leader of Drama Club at Circle of Seasons School

      Acting
      Wrote a small children's play , Wrote a pre-show skit in 2014, Hello, Dolly! , Ghost Train, Children's Theatre
      2000 – Present

    Public services

    • Volunteering

      Trent House Museum — Historical Gardener
      2008 – 2009

    • Volunteering

      Old Barracks Musuem — Volunteer Historical Interpretor
      2006 – 2011

    • Volunteering

      National MS Society — Fundraising event volunteer
      2001 – Present

    • Volunteering

      Laundry on Linden — Volunteer/outreach
      2020 – Present

    Future Interests

    Advocacy

    Volunteering

    Philanthropy

    You Glow Differently When You're Happy Scholarship
    One of my happiest memories is that of when I had just been dumped by my boyfriend out of nowhere and my best friend/roommate came into my room to comfort me. She came up to me and said “I know you hate this, but I’m going to cuddle you,” and she laid in my bed with me all night so that I would not feel alone. To top it off, she woke up before me in the morning and ripped an art piece he gave me off the wall, leaving a snarky sticky note in its place.
    Bold Hope for the Future Scholarship
    I currently work as a paraeducator in a school with children in grades K-8, and they give me hope for the future. After many years of working with adults with special needs, I became jaded by the horrific comments that members of the general public would make toward them. Now that I am working with a younger generation, I have found renewed hope in that stigmatization changing. The students I work with are consistently kind and compassionate toward their peers, especially those with special needs. I work directly with children with various disabilities and atypical brains, which can often lead to them becoming cast out or negatively stigmatized. Though I feared that some children at the school would bully the children who are different from them, I have only witnessed positive exchanges between them and the students I support. Just last week, one of the children in the 2nd grade class got off the bus and walked hand in hand with his peer with multiple disabilities. He proudly told others that they were friends and stopped to hug him before they went to their desks. There was no shame presented by him or towards him for treating his classmate as em equal. Things were much different than this years ago, and this change gives me hope for the hearts of humanity.
    Bold Generosity Matters Scholarship
    Generosity is a holistic concept to me. You can be generous with your time, your money, your resources, and your heart, but without heart behind your generosity, it lacks depth and genuineness. Generosity is sharing what you can, beyond obligation, for the good of others, and without the intent of receiving something in return. The challenge with generosity is that it can enable negative behaviors and disincentivize self-sufficiency if it becomes excessive. Genuine intentions and balance giving are essential in order for generosity to fully benefit others.