Jennifer Allen-Barker, Access Specialist
jcbarker@calpoly.edu
756-0134
Photo: Jennifer in front of the DRC building
About Jennifer
"I am a licensed / registered occupational therapist (OTR/L) with 20+ years of experience in a variety of educational and medical settings, and a wide age range. I received my Bachelor's degree in OT in 1981, from SJSU. I am very excited to be "back" at Cal Poly, as I started my college experience here, and completed all my pre-OT coursework here. I have a much stronger attachment to Cal Poly than I do for SJSU. This is because of the "learn by doing" standard of education practiced here. The memories of my Cal Poly experiences are happy ones.I met my future husband my first quarter AND saw my first streaker (complete with red socks) my third quarter. No wonder my years here are memorable.
I am married to a great, talented man, and we have an 18 year old daughter (also very talented and a fantastic person), who will be transferring from Cuesta to start her junior year here next fall. My favorite places to be are: Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, and the Ilse of Islay, (they pronounce it "eye la"), in Scotland. I am a chocolate lover (dark); enjoy horseback riding, swimming, walking for exercise and transportation, watching historical and romantic / comedy movies, and listening to audiobooks. I hope to soon be resuming harp lessons I started 1 1/2 years ago. "

