Meet the Beehive
Meet Allie!
Hey! My name is Allie and I am so happy you pondered on BeelievAbility. I graduated from University of Indianapolis’s doctorate program of occupational therapy in 2021 and have been working in pediatric outpatient and early intervention ever since. My passion and purpose is to help people by thinking outside the box, giving full autonomy to that person, and believing them. My goals are to help children reach their full potential by increasing not only their physical abilities, but emotionally and mental abilities as well.
Born: Rensselaer, Indiana
Favorite Hobby: Raising and helping with training future service dogs through Canine and Companions.
Favorite place: I am pretty much happy anywhere, but I sure do love a farm full of animals, farm food/flowers, and bees.
Credentials:
Allie Watkins, OTD, OTR
Hippotherapy Level A
DMI Introductory Level C
Meet Maggie!
Hi There! My name is Maggie and I am a pediatric physical therapist. I graduated from University of Southern California’s doctorate program of Physical Therapy in 2015 and have been working with kiddos in various settings ever since. I have found my purpose with empowering children and their family’s with providing skilled therapy.
Born: Ann Arbor, MI
Favorite Hobby: Anything outside surrounded by nature with my family (gardening/farm work on our hobby farm/hiking).
Favorite place: Our family’s lake house on Green Lake in Interlochen, Michigan.
Credentials:
Maggie Pisano PT, DPT
Hippotherapy Level A
DMI Introductory Level C
Meet Thistle!
Thistle is BeelievAbility’s therapy dog. Thistle is 2 years old (Oct. 28th) and she was training to be a future service dog with Canine Companions. During her professional training, they found cataracts in both of her eyes; therefore, she was released from the program. Thistle, was recommended to become a therapy dog. Thistle loves children, being outside, and giving/receiving cuddles. We are currently working on a Children’s Book called, Thistle in Training, to write about the adventures of the service dog training process, advocating for animal-assisted therapy, spotlighting certain disabilities, and overcoming obstacles. Thistle has a merchandise line on www.outshinelabels.com called, Thistle and Allie, where they are selling merch to raise money for an illustrator and giving proceeds back to Canine and Companions.
Born: California
Favorite Hobby: playing basketball and fetching pickleballs; preferably with the neighbors pups.
Favorite place: Paw Street Bakery Located in Plainfield, IN.
Credentials:
Thistle the Therapy Dog
Level C in Fast Zoomies
Master Class in Cuddles