Defining Moment | Following a Calling for Advocacy

Listen to Mercedes Aguirre Valenzuela, PT, DPT, read this Defining Moment article on APTA's podcast.

As I sit on the dais in the council chambers, my mind races as it goes over and over answers to potential questions that I have practiced answering for hours.

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