Colin Bowles has been Lead Physical Therapist at Richard J. Donovan State Prison in San Diego, CA for the past five years. Being able to serve the often overlooked, incarcerated population and advocate for their rehabilitative needs in mind, body, and spirit is very rewarding and brings purpose to each day. His time at PLNU studying academic coursework, developing personal growth, and earning All-American honors playing intercollegiate soccer laid a strong foundation for his career in physical therapy. Providing rehabilitation to inmates enables him to blend his knowledge of injury recovery with his compassion for those who are marginalized. Colin and his wife, Terra, live in La Mesa, CA with their high school sophomore son, Garrett, and their daughter, Brooklin, resides in the dorm as a freshman at PLNU. He is still an avid soccer player, active in Mexico house building ministry through Community Covenant Church of El Cajon, CA and enjoys mountain biking, volleyball, house projects, and camping with his family and friends.
What's something you learned at PLNU that you have carried on into your career?
PLNU cultivates a sense of compassion and holistic engagement within their students that translates into our professions. It is so rewarding and fulfilling to be able to bring hope, rehabilitation and restoration to incarcerated individuals who have mostly been disenfranchised by society. I feel blessed to be able to answer the calling from the 1990's Christian movement, WWJD (What Would Jesus Do), in my daily profession.