Faculty Profile for Cynthia Fitchpatrick

Biography Section

Biography and Education

Cindy Fitchpatrick has been a Certified Bilingual Child Life Specialist (CCLS) for 29 years. Currently, works at Wonders and Worries, as a PRN CCLS and a RWWP Consultant, working with children and adolescents of adult patients. She has also been Adjunct Faculty at UT Austin, teaching the “Intro the Child Life” course. Also, has taught the online “Death & Dying” course at LSU. In 2020, completed a “Higher Education Teaching Certificate” online program from Harvard. And Cindy completed 2 Child Life Internships at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and the Children’s Hospital of Austin. Cindy also worked at the Children’s Blood & Cancer at Dell Children’s Medical Center for 26 years as the Psychosocial Program Supervisor; created and oversaw all the psychosocial patient and family programs and school services. Cindy volunteers globally with Operation Smile as a Child Life Specialist volunteer and trainer (provided child life education and services in hospitals in the Philippines, China, Peru, Morocco, and the Madagascar). Locally, Cindy volunteers on the Board of Directors of Big Love Cancer Care and with the Advisory Council of Superhero Kids Cancer Foundation. Cindy is also the new Chair for the Hill Country Child Life Networking Group.

Currently, Cindy teaches graduate courses Child Life Specialist, Pain, Grief & Bereavement and is the Practicum & Internship Supervisor. Cindy also teaches the undergraduate courses Introduction to Child Life and Grief & Bereavement.