Ashlyn Cunningham, OTD, OTR/L (Missouri, USA) is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Therapy at Maryville University in St. Louis. She has been an OMA facilitator since 2015. Her work as a mental health occupational therapist has allowed her to connect OMA principles to community-dwelling elders who are in early/mid stage memory loss. Ashlyn uses her OMA experiences with her students to conduct research on its impact with these elders as well as their caregivers.