Mrs. Lisa-­May Campbell was born (Lisa-­May Duffus) in Toronto, Ontario, in 1975, to Jamaican immigrant parents. Being the youngest of three children, Mrs. Campbell attended high school at R.H. King Academy for 2 years. Prior to and throughout this period, she experienced significant academic struggles and always had to work extremely hard at attaining and maintaining at par grades in most subject areas. This school, being recognized as having high academic standards made it more difficult for Mrs. Campbell. On the contrary, she possessed exceptional athletic abilities, particularly in the area of Track & Field, which was expressed very early on and throughout her 2 years at this school. She then transferred to Cedarbrae Collegiate Institute in pursuit of an environment to better foster her athletic abilities.

Mrs. Campbell maintained being an exceptional athlete and at the tender age of 16, became the Canadian Junior Champion in 1993 for the 100m Hurdles (which was her specialty), and represented Canada in the 1994 World Junior Championships. With her continued passion and dedication, she garnered a full athletic scholarship in Track & Field to attend the University of Houston, in the state of Texas. From 1994-1999, Mrs. Campbell competed at the NCAA level and was a two-­‐time 400-­‐ meter hurdles, 55­‐meter hurdles and 100­‐meter hurdles champion at the University of Houston.

Mrs. Campbell’s parents always instilled in her the value of keeping her, “grades and hurdling in balance”. With that in mind (along with her back-­‐up plan of being a corporate professional, if athletics failed or came to an end), she worked extremely hard at attaining and maintaining a 3.7 G.P.A throughout her student athlete undergraduate years. By 1999, she graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development then returned to Toronto to train with her former Coach in pursuit of making the 2000 Canadian Olympic team. During this time period, Mrs. Campbell had applied to the masters Occupational Therapy Program at the University of Toronto but unfortunately did not get accepted.

While training and remaining steadfast in her desire to further her education, she also volunteered at various hospitals and programs in the GTA in order to fulfill certain requirements necessary to strengthen her re-­‐application to the Occupational Therapy program. By January of 2000, she had re-­‐applied to the University of Toronto and was accepted into their Occupational Therapy Masters program for September of that year. However, her bid to make the Canadian Olympic team was forced to a sudden halt, unexpectedly derailed by news of the coming of her first child.

Due to deferring the year for maternity reasons, Mrs. Campbell started the Occupational Therapy masters program in 2001. During the program’s 1st year, Mrs. Campbell struggled to maintain a 3.0 G.P.A, causing her to be put on academic
probation. With increased effort and diligence, Mrs. Campbell improved her grades thus was taken off probation and eventually was successful in completing the program, graduating in 2003 with a Masters in Occupational Therapy. Mrs. Campbell landed her first job in Mental Health at Whitby Shores (formally known as Whitby Mental Health Centre) in 2004, followed by positions at Toronto Rehab Hospital Neurology, then embarked upon community-based Occupational Therapy practice (via Neuro Rehab Services). She primarily worked with individuals who had sustained functional deficits of a catastrophic/non-­catastrophic nature from motor vehicle accident related traumatic brain injury, Orthopaedic and/or Psycho-social injuries to address their day-­‐to-­‐day needs and facilitate functional improvement through client centered care.

A year later (2008), Mrs. Campbell and her husband founded Tru‐Path Occupational Therapy Services Ltd. Within this capacity and as the senior Occupational Therapist, Mrs. Campbell oversees, trains, and mentors junior occupational therapist in the assessment and treatment of primarily catastrophically injured clients; additional to playing an integral directorial role in the operations, direction and growth of the company. As well, Mrs. Campbell’s company became affiliated with the University of Toronto Occupational Therapy Program, entailing her providing annual presentations to the 1st year Occupational Therapy program students and being a mentor to the 2nd year students, while continuing to be a dedicated wife and mother of 2. All of which, represents her applying the same focus, determination and resilience to tackle on-­‐the-­‐track hurdles, in overcoming all encountered hurdles “off­‐the-­track”.