Sha’Rose Erion – Honorable Mention – “Force for Good” Alumni Video Contest
Meet Dr. Sha’Rose Erion, a University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences (USAHS) alumna and pelvic floor physical therapist, as she shares how her education helped shape her career and commitment to expanding access to pelvic health services. After graduating from the USAHS Austin campus, Sha’Rose founded Rose Pelvic Physiotherapy, where she works with individuals and communities seeking more inclusive, accessible pelvic floor physical therapy and care related to sexual health, intimacy, and gender-affirming needs.
In this Force for Good Alumni Video Contest honorable mention, Sha’Rose discusses her work supporting underserved communities, collaborating with community organizations, and advocating for greater awareness and understanding of pelvic health. She also reflects on her research and how her education at USAHS prepared her to make a meaningful impact through clinical practice, education, and community engagement.
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Sha’Rose Erion – Honorable Mention – Force for Good Alumni Video Contest
[00:00:00] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): Hello, I am Dr. Sha’Rose Erion, and I’m a pelvic floor physical therapist. I went to school at the University of St. Augustine in Austin, Texas. And honestly, Austin was one of the best things that happened for me. I’m originally from Florida, born and raised there, and decided that Texas was gonna be the best campus for me, and it was. [00:00:23] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): As a bisexual woman and loved one of a transgender person, being in a place where things were weird, where things were normal, where my professors understood the climate of where we were was, you know, it was, it was amazing. And so when I think of a force for good, I took that education and made it into my own company, Rose Pelvic Physiotherapy, where I serve the Black birthing community, the transgender community, and then anybody wanting better sex and intimacy, and really focusing in on the trans and LGBT community because that is where a large gap of access and understanding and education comes in at. [00:01:04] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): I work with community leaders, I work with organizations. My new office location I actually share with a love and intimacy coach so that my people can walk down the hall and be able to access this resource for them versus having to make a separate appointment at a different location. When I think of a force for good, I think of somebody who is really looking not only at their local community, but the national and even worldwide community. [00:01:29] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): And, and that’s really what is needed in order to push us and move us forward. My last year of school for PT, I did a research project on how pelvic floor physical therapy could benefit gender-affirming care and non-binary individuals. And I presented that to my class, I presented it to my program director, and he said that he had never seen information presented that way and that he hoped to see me on stages saying that information to everybody. [00:02:00] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): And that’s what I hope to do. That’s what I hope to continue to do. I use social media as a way to get out information and fun, entertainment type things, but still to show people that, you know, a queer woman, a queer Black woman, a transgender individual, you know, that can look so many different ways. [00:02:20] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): It can still be professional, it can still be educational, and you can get the resources that you’re needing. So I love that University of St. Augustine has equipped me with everything that I needed in order to be a force for good in this community. And when I tell people that I graduated from USA, they know the, they know the name. [00:02:37] Sha’Rose Erion (USAHS Alumni): They, they know the name. They can tell you at least one other therapist that they have worked with or seen that has graduated from the university. So I know that I got a great education, and I’m able to put that out into the world. So thank you.
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