 My son is 13 now and at the age of two he was diagnosed with autism. Going through all of the things that we have done with him for therapies and occupational therapy, I knew that Northwood Tech had the program. I lived so close to it and I thought for years that I wanted to do it and my husband being in the military it just wasn't the right time. So it finally was the right time to do it and I just knew that that's what I wanted to do. For the last 11 years OT has just been a part of our life and I've been lucky to have a front row seat to see the impact that it has on the individual, the impact that it's had on me. It's clearly left a large impact on me because it's my passion, it's what I want to do. In my group I am the oldest by far. I'm 41 and I think the next closest to me is 22 so they lovingly call me mom and I refer to them as my kids. I love that they call me mom. They love that I refer to them as my kids. I really do see that I have a leadership role with them and they look to me for guidance. I know there is a program at my college there's a hospitality program for individuals that have intellectual disabilities and I really would love to advocate for more programming like that around the state because people like my son they just have so much to give. I often think of my son and he's often with me cheering me on and saying hey this is great and he's helping me study bringing me snacks and it brings it all back around and it makes it worth it just seeing how happy he is and how proud he is. I just want to help people the way that people have helped me you know and get them get everybody back to doing what they want to do and really promote and advocate for people in the field of occupational therapy. My name is Jamie Scott and I'm the state ambassador from Northwood Technical College.