Global Team

Caitie Steele is currently an orthotics and prosthetics resident based out of Minneapolis, Minnesota and a student in the Salus University Masters of Orthotics and Prosthetics program. She has been a volunteer with the Range of Motion Project since 2021, and ambassador since 2024, and on the Junior Board since 2025. She plans to continue increasing awareness for ROMP, hosting fundraising events in her area, and setting up more C4C collection sites. Apart from working, studying, and working with ROMP, Caitie loves hiking, kayaking, snowboarding, weight lifting, and traveling.  

Her ‘why’: “I always thought that prosthetics were really cool and I wanted to be an engineer designing prosthetic components. So when I learned about ROMP and their international volunteer trips for the first time during my freshman year of my undergraduate studies, I thought it would be an incredible experience and opportunity to learn about the field. Turns out, I fell in love with a lot more than just the components. Working with patients, hearing their stories, I became angry that the dream of walking again was so far-fetched for so many people around the world, but also excited that there were people looking to change that reality. I also really enjoyed the idea of working in patient care in a way I never thought I would, and that first trip inspired me to look into a career as a prosthetist. Since that first trip, I have completed the didactic portion of the Orthotics and Prosthetics masters program, started my residency working with patients full time, joined the ROMP ambassador team, and completed 5 volunteer trips to Ecuador with ROMP. I am so proud to represent ROMP and support their mission of improving people’s mobility and independence through high quality prosthetic care everyday.”

Her favorite ROMP memory: “It is so hard to pick just one memory, as the volunteer trips I have attended have all been so memorable. A recent memory that I enjoy looking back on occurred during my most recent trip to Ecuador. We had a very good problem in that there were so many volunteers and patients being served that week that we were very short on space. During the fitting of one of the patients I was working with, we were trying to find a walker for him to use during his first steps because all of the parallel bars were taken. While I was turning around to grab one, he just got up and started walking down the hallway without any assistance. Everyone started laughing and cheering, and it is something I won’t forget.”