Brooklyn Brothers

Dedicated Exercise Science student at Auburn University with a 4.0 GPA, pursuing a career in Physical Therapy. Experienced in leadership roles, research, and community service, with a strong focus on working with individuals with disabilities.

• AU Dean’s List (Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024)

              Maintaining a 4.0 GPA 

• Disability Advocacy Certificate (2024)

              50+ hours spent helping Individuals with disabilities in various activities

• Official of the Bi-Week (January 2024)

              Voted on by Supervisors in the department, chosen at every bi-weekly staff meeting                to recognize exceptional effort and performance at work

• Official of the Semester (Spring 2024)

              Voted on by Supervisors in the department, the official is then recognized for work                     and time invested and the effort she exerts on the job

• Academic Heritage Scholarship (Fall 2023 - Current)

• Adult First Aid/CPR/AED

Completed through Auburn University Campus Recreation (Exp:11/8/2025)

• Special Olympics, Volunteer Coach (Sep 2024 - Present)

Weekly practices with Special Olympics athletes in Lee County, Alabama, focusing on endurance improvement and skills such as javelin and relay handoffs; queuing form and reminding athletes of criteria for Olympic movement standards

• WONDER Auburn Community Church, Volunteer (Oct 2024 - Present)

Sunday and occasionally mid-week programs offered by ACC as Sunday School option for children with special needs; one-on-one buddy system, supervising and encouraging the “buddy” one is paired with for the day

• Mission trip to Manaus, Brazil (Spring 2022, Spring 2023)

Traveling 10 days via boat to isolated villages located 20-30 hours down the Amazon River; feeding people in villages, sharing the gospel, playing soccer with the village children, administering basic but typically absent medical care

• Feed My Starving Children, Food Pantry (2022)

Packaging and sorting meal bags for families in food poverty that are then delivered to neighborhoods in need

• Mendenhall Elementary (Mar 2020)

Playing with kids, helping their teacher prepare lesson materials, planning and creating crafts and activities, tutoring math, sharing stories and words of encouragement

• Phoenix Physical Therapy (Aug 2024 - Current)

Outpatient Physical Therapy Clinic; assisting patients by demonstrating and queuing movements or aiding in manual resistance for strengthening various patients; assisting more heavily due to heavy patient load for a singular facility Physical Therapist

• Encore Rehabilitation Opelika (Sep 2023 – May 2024)

Outpatient Physical Therapy; observing and assisting Physical Therapists, assisting in STEM pad procedures, exercise modeling, and patient communication

• Scottish Rite for Children: Pediatric Orthopedic Specialists (Summer 2024)

Shadowing different Physical Therapists in both in-patient and out-patient departments, taking notes, and asking questions pertaining to different youth patients with prosthetics and neurological disabilities

• Chase's Place (Summer 2024)

School for children and adults with special needs; shadowing the Physical Therapist on-site and assisting with various hands-on therapeutic activities, including stretching, assisting in gate-trainer walking, and swinging students in sensory sessions