Ep. 44: Making a difference in the profession through non-profit organization, FUTURE Foundation with Ben Aguila

Dr. Ben Aguila, PT, DPT is is the Practice Owner of Life In Motion PT clinic located in Jersey City, New Jersey for the last ten years, serves as a Charter Board Trustee and immediate past President of the FUTURE Foundation, a nonprofit organization for global PT advocacies. He's The recipient of the 2016 Outstanding Alumni Award for Career Achievement from the FEUNRMF Institute of Medicine, an Adjunct Instructor in the DPT program at Rutgers Health Sciences for Winter courses, an active member of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) and currently serves as a Delegate for the 2021 House of Delegates representing the APTA NJ, and the Creator and Host of the Life In Motion Podcast and Kilos PT social media series, platforms highlighting PT colleagues and advancing the PT profession that moves people towards healthier lives. In this episode we talked about how his experience in starting his life here in the US taught him how to be strong and help others from being abused. We discussed FUTURE foundation - how it was formed, the pillar behind it, projects, membership and funding. We also touched on why physical therapists based in the Philippines taking the tDPT program and other ways to elevate the profession. Lastly, he shared some challenges and success as the founding president of Future Foundation. Let's hear it. LINKS:  FB/IG/Twitter: @bendoctorofpt Future Foundation Website: www.futurefoundationpt.org FB group: www.facebook.com/groups/458821780982753/