Maggie Hotch earned her Master’s degree from Pacific University School of Occupational
Therapy with an undergraduate focus in Medical Anthropology.

As part of her Master’s capstone, she developed an occupational therapy program at Chemawa Indian School. While this program initially was designed to focus on transitions to adulthood, suicide prevention and mental health groups quickly emerged as needs and became an integral part of the program.

From 2007 to 2010, Maggie was a trustee, research chair, and legislative committee
member for the Occupational Therapy Association of Oregon (OTAO) and was the recipient of the OTAO Award of Merit 2010.From 2010 to 2013, she served as Faculty and Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for the first hybrid Occupational Therapy Assistant Program at Linn-Benton Community College. This program educated practitioners in their home communities through partnerships with colleges across Oregon.

In 2008, she was invited to contribute Chapter 19, “Occupational Therapy with Native
American Youth,” in A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy. She served on the
Advisory Group for the 14th edition of Willard and Spackman’s Occupational Therapy
(2023) and authored Chapter 55, Cognition, Perception and Occupational Performance.

Her current practice began with home and community-based clinical outpatient services in Klukwan and Haines, Alaska in 2005. The practice has also served rural schools in Native communities of Hoonah, Angoon, and Klukwan as well as Petersburg, Skagway, and Haines. Her clinical operations include Klukwan, Haines, and Juneau, as well as a monthly mobile clinic in Skagway. Since 2024, she has taught Trauma-Engaged Educational Practices for the Alaska Association of School Boards, training educators throughout Alaska.