My Interview Subjects

For Project 2,  I am interviewing an Occupational Therapist named Ivan Aranguren and an Athletic Trainer and Physical Therapist named Jenny Allen. I wanted to interview a Physical Therapist and an occupational Therapist because I am still deciding which field to enter.

"Augusto Ivan Aranguren" via linkedin.com

Ivan Aranguren owns his own Occupational Therapy clinic called Integrated Therapy Services, where he is the head Occupational Therapist. He is also a supervisor for Outpatient Rehabilitation Services at St. Mary's Hospital. After a submarine accident in his previous occupation, he went to school to be an occupational therapist in 1997, and has been working in the field since 1999. He received his Bachelor's of Science at the Peruvian Naval Academy in La Punta, Callao in Peru, and then got his Master Science at Barry University in Miami, Florida. This photo is from his LinkedIn profile, but his professional website is here. I interviewed him on Wednesday, February 24th, at 7 pm after he spoke to a club I am in, Physical Occupational and Speech Therapy (P.O.S.T) in Modern Languages 402. Here were some of the questions I asked him.

1. How does your experience with the Naval Academy affect your work?

2. Does your writing process differ if you write in different languages?

3. Do you write differently when writing to the Hispanic community?

4. Why do you specialize in pediatrics, and specifically autistic children?

5. How does your job at St. Mary's hospital differ from your job at your clinic?

6. Is the writing for your role at St. Mary's hospital different than at the clinic

7. What do you love most about either of your jobs?

8. How is your clinic different from other clinics around Tucson?

"Jenny Allen"  via arizonawildcats.com

Jenny Allen is an Athletic Trainer for the University of Arizona football team, as well as a Physical Therapist at Campus Health. She received her Bachelors of Science from University of Arizona, as well as her Masters in Athletic Training from University of Virginia, and a Masters in Physical Therapy from Shenandoah University, which is in Northern Virginia. She worked as an Athletic Trainer for Purdue University from 1998 to 2000, before moving to Tucson to work with the football team in 2001. Although she has agreed to speak with me, we have not yet scheduled a meeting, but it will be sometime this week, and in her office. Here are some of the interview questions I will ask,

1. How was pursuing your masters in Athletic training different from your masters in physical therapy?

2. Why did you choose Virginia for graduate school?

3. How was working for women's basketball different than football?

4. What made you return to U of A?

5. How does your work at Campus Health differ from your work with the football team?

6. Which do you prefer?

7. What does it mean to be a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist?

8. How do you keep up with new research in your field?