Cynthia Lee Evetts, PhD, OTR, FAOTA is a professor and director of the School of Occupational Therapy at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas. Her educational background in industrial arts education, occupational therapy, and community health education fuels her desire to demonstrate the power of meaningful occupation to prompt adaptive behavior, enhance quality of life, and improve health.

Mary Frances Baxter, PhD, OT, FAOTA received her BS in occupational therapy from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado; her MA in rehabilitation technology for occcupational therapy from Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas; and her PhD in kinesiology and health from the University of Houston in Houston, Texas. She is currently a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy at Texas Woman's University and serves as the associate director of the Houston campus.