Through a deep-rooted passion for occupational therapy and the desire to assist underserved communities, Robin Famatta Baker, a Liberian-American occupational therapist, is increasingly transforming the delivery of rehabilitation services to needy populations in West Africa. “We also lobby governments and international organizations to develop programs and policies that ensure quality rehabilitative care,” Baker told Face2Face Africa in a recent interview. In March, GoTHERAPY awarded a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy student from Howard University with its first GoTHERAPY Social Justice Scholarship. Baker was born in 1989 in Providence, Rhode Island, and spent most of her childhood growing up in Bethel, North Carolina. She graduated from the University of North Carolina in 2011 with a Bachelor’s degree in Science in Kinesiology and two years later acquired a Master’s of Science in Occupational Therapy from Howard University.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 08, 2017 13:48 UTC