The School of Kinesiology is very thankful to count Regan Espinosa as a Ball State Alumni.
She graduated in 1999 with a major in exercise science and a minor in older adult physical activity.

Regan has had a lifelong love of fitness and wellness, and her career has kept her on that path. She began her career in the fitness industry shortly after graduation from Ball State. She worked in LaJolla with young adults and families at a health and fitness camp. She returned to her home state of Indiana to help her father on the farm while commuting to Chicago and being the Fitness Director for the wellness program at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

She pursued her passion to help people in all seasons of life by becoming a Registered Occupational Therapist in 2004. Graduating from Governors State University in University Park, IL Regan began her career in the Illinois Public School System, EI Centers and working with children and adults in the Burn Unit of Loyola University Hospital. Regan and her husband moved to Colorado and began building her career in the northern Colorado area.

Working with adults and pediatrics in home care, outpatient, inpatient settings, she continued to serve families in all areas of occupational therapy. Regan increased her research in the improvement of building a child’s self-confidence by helping children self-publish their own books including their own artwork. Regan helped parents self-publish their own books that helped tell the story of their special needs child and increase overall quality of life for the child and family. Regan continued to self-publish her own books including “Santa Stutters Too”, “Moses Stutters Too”, “Helping Santa Save Christmas”, “What Animal Do you Love?”, “Writing a Letter to your Pet”, and “The Gratitude Letter”, and a special workbook assisting a youth pastor “The Walking Dead Devotional” that caught the eye and was represented by a very prestigious literary agency.

Most recently, after the sudden and unexpected death of her father, Regan created a patent pending product called “The Visit Box” This box holds items that people leave at memorial sites, including drawings and letters that children make as part of the grieving process when a loved one dies. Regan received a KIP Award through the ICCFA for her product and research of occupational therapy and the grief process of life. She applied her knowledge of fitness by competing in the transformation division of the WBFF community and sharing her story of grief and fitness. She created GO, NOT GONE BATON for the 6th stage of grief and helping people with their goals in honoring their loved ones. Regan enjoys being able to treat the whole person to help guide them into all they ‘thrive’ to be

Regan is always willing to share advice to students, and came to campus this fall to talk to our current students in the School of Kinesiology. She offers this advice to students,
“I would allow life experiences to shape or be a positive contributor to your goals and dreams. There are things in life that you have survived, and thrived through and can relate to your mission and work in this world and apply it to your career.”