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Officer Candidate Statements
Denver E Nino, OT
Candidate UTSC Occupational Therapy Vice President
Hello United Therapists of Southern California (UTSC) Team. My name is DENVER E. NINO and I currently work as the Senior Occupational Therapist at Kaiser Permanente in Panorama City treating in the areas of pediatrics and adults in the inpatient and outpatient settings. I have been working with KP for more then 10 years and as an OT for 18 years. I am running again in the hopes of being your Occupational Therapy Vice President for our union. As an OT, the notion of serving others and engaging in purposeful and meaningful occupations have always been my calling. To protect, serve and advocate for my diverse community as they have unselfishly served me is one of my many occupations. As a third term hopeful, my qualifications also include membership in a variety of Leadership Management Partnership (LMP) committees and teams including vacation, workload, safety, staffing, continuing education, and Unit Based Team (UBT) committees. Additionally, I have been fortunate enough to have attended the last bargaining negotiations for our contract in 2021. With these valuable and practical experiences under my belt, I believe that I can and will continue to support our union not only as as your OT VP but importantly representing you as a servant leader as we proudly, confidently, and in unity fight for improved working conditions, staffing, benefits, and wages as we enter another bargaining year in 2025. Thank you.