Kelli Gary Talley, Ph.D., MPH, OTR/L is an assistant professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Counseling (RC) at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, VA. After sustaining a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) 34 years ago, she obtained a Bachelor of Science in occupational therapy (OT) from Chicago State University in Chicago, IL, a Master of Science and Master of Public Health from Columbia University in New York, NY, and a Ph.D. from VCU. She has 29 years of clinical practice, 19 years of research, and 12 years of teaching experience in OT, RC, and health services. Dr. Talley has authored/co-authored 37 peer-reviewed journal articles and five book chapters primarily focused on racial and ethnic minorities and caregivers with TBI and other disabilities. She has secured over $500,000 in grant funding as a principal or co-principal investigator for TBI and community-based research. She is the former president of the board of directors for the Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV) and a former member of a national committee for Veterans with special disabilities that reports directly to the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in Washington, DC. She has presented at numerous conferences around the nation and internationally on her research and her experience of living with a TBI and becoming successful, productive, and happy after injury.