Candice Freeman OTD, MOT, OTR is the former Program Director at Mountain View CollegeOccupational Therapy Assistant Program located in Dallas Texas. She has 13 years’ experienceas a pediatric and home health occupational therapist. Her specialty is pediatrics with aconcentration on fine motor skill development and handwriting. She is also the owner of TearsTo Cheers Handwriting Clinic, LLC and her own private consulting firm Freeman EducationalServices that provides independent OT evaluations t...
Candice Freeman OTD, MOT, OTR is the former Program Director at Mountain View College
Occupational Therapy Assistant Program located in Dallas Texas. She has 13 years’ experience
as a pediatric and home health occupational therapist. Her specialty is pediatrics with a
concentration on fine motor skill development and handwriting. She is also the owner of Tears
To Cheers Handwriting Clinic, LLC and her own private consulting firm Freeman Educational
Services that provides independent OT evaluations to schools. Candice earned her Bachelors of
Psychology with a minor in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of Houston (Houston,
TX); Masters of Occupational Therapy (MOT) from The University of Texas Medical Branch
(Galveston, TX) and Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD) from Rocky Mountain
University of Health Professions (Provo, Utah).
She is currently a doctoral student attending Abilene Christian University (Abilene TX) and in
the process of earning her Doctorate of Education in Organizational Leadership with an
emphasis on Higher Education with a scheduled completion date of Fall 2021.
She is a member of American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA), Texas Occupational
Therapy Association (TOTA), Vice- President of the National Black Occupational Therapy
Caucus (NBOTC), member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Inc., and past Student Occupational
Therapy Association (SOTA) advisor. She has presented at the Texas Occupational Therapy
Mountain Central Conference 2018 poster presentation: Diversity recruitment practices across
the state for Occupational therapy assistants and has a strong passion for exploring the topic of diversity and inclusion in occupational therapy.
In her spare time, she loves to compete in pageants (Ms. Plus America 2017) and has held many national and state titles in her 10 plus years of pageantry. Candice enjoys volunteering at her church providing community service and outreach, and spending time with her family, friends and her 13-year-old Malti-poo Baxter.
www.tears2cheers.com (See dynamic FB and IG links on the website!)
Tears to Cheers News Feature: https://www.nbcdfw.com/texas-today/handwriting-made-fun-for-kids/2566794/
Linkedin: Dr. Candice Freeman OTD,MOT,OTR | LinkedIn
Loan Forgiveness Link: Apply to the Faculty Loan Repayment Program | Bureau of Health Workforce (hrsa.gov)
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