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Mentorship, Community, and Paying It Forward: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Maya Jones
Maya Jones’ journey into physical therapy began with an injury of her own. While playing as a middle hitter on…
Launching Your PT Career: 4 Questions for Deciding If Residency Is Right for You
This is the fourth blog post in Rizing Tide’s new series about launching your PT career and landing the right…
Launching Your PT Career: How to Choose a Specialty
This is the third blog post in Rizing Tide’s series about launching your PT career and landing the right PT…
Resilience, Growth, and Finding a Place in Physical Therapy: Meet Rizing Tide Surge Scholar Brandon Johnson
Brandon Johnson’s path to becoming a physical therapist was anything but linear. From the humble beginning of navigating his own…
How Four 2025 Crest Scholars Are Defining Their Careers in PT
The students in the 2025 Rizing Tide Crest Scholarship cohort are already looking to the future—and they’ve already started plotting…
Meet Four 2024 Crest Scholars
There’s no single path to becoming a physical therapist—but the range of stories behind what inspired many PTs’ journeys say…
Launching Your PT Career: Job Benefits to Look For and Questions to Ask During an Interview
This is the second blog post in Rizing Tide’s new series about launching your PT career and landing the right…
Launching Your PT Career: PT Job Interview Tips
This is the first blog post in Rizing Tide’s new series about launching your PT career and landing the right…
How a Week of Mission Work Redefined My Purpose as a Physical Therapist
In July of 2025, my cohort and I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Lima, Perú, to perform mission…
How I Paid Off $250K in Student Loans One Year After Grad School
When I decided to go to graduate school for physical therapy, I was looking at more than $150,000 in student…
