About Dr. Diamond Evita, OTD, OTR/L
I’m Diamond Evita, also known as Dr. Dime. I am a pediatric occupational therapist, aunt, birth & reproductive advocate & trained doula! 28 years old, lover of coffee, tacos, and travel.
Iโve been working for six years as a pediatric OT and received my post-professional doctorate in occupational therapy in 2019. I have always loved working with children and families.
More about me:
- I volunteer in perinatal mental health to support new parents, and supporting infant feeding especially with breast/chestfeeding
- Iโm here for self-care, doing the inner work, and taking care of our mental health.
- Iโm a recovering perfectionist and people pleaser, but a work in progress! Thatโs the goal.
- I have trainings in neurodiversity affirming care and am also neurodivergent myself!
- I have experience with feeding therapy, sensory processing difficulties, neurodevelopmental differences, cerebral palsy, and developmental disabilities from birth to young adults.
- Trained in perinatal mental health through Postpartum Support International, lactation support, and birth & postpartum doula trainings
- I’ve taken courses with DIR-Floortime, SOS Feeding, and CLASI trainings.
“๐๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด๐ญ๐บ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ.”
This quote has stayed with me with Akeelah & the Bee ( #babythisiskekepalmer ). It always reminds me that if I have a gift, donโt be afraid to use it.
My goal is to inspire (and make you laugh sometimes ๐คฃ). But mainly to remind you that there is power in your story. In your presence. In your connections. You impact others so much more than you know!