布里安娜·洛格斯登, 成为有创造性的, 克服障碍,专注于自己的梦想,帮助她度过了疫情期间学生时代的挑战. 她 says, “creativity was the backbone for being a student throughout a global health crisis. My fellow graduates and I had to learn to adapt and move in a positive direction, 尽管我们周围的世界摇摇欲坠.”
Not only was Logsdon adapting to college life during the pandemic, she also was adjusting to life as a student with invisible disabilities. In the past seven years, Logsdon has incurred 15 different surgeries. 她在家里度过了高中的最后一年,因为手术后感染的风险太大了. 在这一点上, 她不得不放弃大学学业,因为她无法从手术中恢复过来,因为脚跟骨畸形阻碍了她的行走能力.
然而, it was through these medical challenges and complications that she discovered physical therapy. “For me, physical therapy was the only thing that made me feel better,” said Logsdon. 考虑到这一点,她决定调查一下 物理治疗师助理 程序. 而她决心继续前进, 她一直觉得自己太伤心了, 因为“正常”的手术和治疗对她不起作用.
“正常的大学课程对我有用吗?? Was I going to succeed in a career helping others heal, when I couldn’t heal myself?” 的se were the questions Logsdon struggled with before starting at SJC. “在我的一生中,医生和治疗师告诉我什么是我不能做的. 我是否有足够的韧性和决心去追寻我的梦想?”
事实证明,洛格斯登是. 她 earned her 物理治疗师助理 degree in December of 2021, 尽管一路挑战重重. 节目开始前三天, Logsdon was diagnosed with a rare ge网ic disorder called Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. 2021年,她的母亲因中风去世. 她 became ill with COVID and experienced long-term effects from the virus. 下定决心,洛格斯登克服了困难,坚持了下来. 她, 像她的同学一样, 依靠创造性的解决方案,通过使用家里的物品来展示他们的技能和知识,虚拟地完成他们的动手课堂作业.
“This was not the college experience any of us were expecting,” says Logsdon. “我们必须决定我们是否愿意创造我们想要的生活, 而不是满足于我们的生活. 我们选择勇敢,继续追求我们的梦想.”
还有她自己的毅力, Logsdon credits her fellow classmates as well as those who supported her along her journey, 包括她在Special K Fitness的理疗师和理疗师助理团队. 她说,如果没有他们的帮助和鼓励,她可能不会走这条特殊的职业道路. 现在她可以通过运用创造力来帮助别人, 她用韧性和决心获得了学位.
Logsdon is currently working at an outpatient physical therapy clinic in Texas, 并计划继续攻读医学院. 她热爱学习,在整个大流行期间都是如此, 她仍然专注于她能做的事情, 而不是她做不到的事.