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California State University, Dominguez Hills
TELACU Scholar
Krystal Lopez is a second-year graduate
student pursuing an advanced degree in
occupational therapy (OT) at CSU Dominguez
Hills. Her 2023 project for CSUDH Student
Research Day, “Experiences of First Generation Latinx Individuals and Their
Occupation of Health Management,” took
first place in the Health, Nutrition and Clinical
Sciences category.
Krystal has worked as a student-support
paraprofessional for the Santa Ana Unified
School District and as a behavioral therapist at
the Center for Autism and Related Disorders.
A first-generation college student, she plans
to bring her OT skills back to
her community to help people who don’t have
access to high-level health care.