Our Ability to Love with Hollis Owens

Empathy. Some would say we need it now more than ever. To step into someone else's shoes and fully appreciate their lived experience is the quickest way to open our hearts and minds to those around us. Hollis Owens founded To Be Like Me - a nonprofit based on this very principle. This innovative organization organizes disability awareness programs for school-aged kids, graduate students, and special groups. Listen as Hollis describes how To Be Like Me’s programs are breaking down barriers and fostering awareness of those with unique abilities, igniting compassion, and shedding light on the positive impact of inclusion.  

About To Be Like Me

About Hollis Owens, Founder & President of To Be Like Me

Hollis Owens graduated with a B.S. in Neuroscience from Washington and Lee University in Virginia and went on to get her Masters in Physical Therapy from UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas in 2000. She has worked primarily in the area of pediatrics for the past 18 years including experience in clinical research, inpatient, outpatient, home health, and school-based physical therapy. Over the last three years, Hollis has been a volunteer and led the popular Understanding Differences disability awareness program in Richardson ISD. Hollis is a lover of connecting people, finding gifts/talents in those she meets, and helping people find tools for success both in the classroom and out in the community. She has four daughters who also keep her busy with their own passions and a husband who supports and encourages her entrepreneurial spirit!