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I am a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist (aka SLP) and I specialize in smiling and finding joy in all things! I earned a degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education at the University of Delaware and Speech and Language Pathology degree at Loyola University of Maryland. I bring over 10 years of working experience including serving the Philadelphia community in early intervention and school age children in an out-patient clinical setting. I currently offer tele-therapy services to clients from around the city. My sessions always include joy, smiles and possibly singing in order to provide motivation for students and family members. I am able to collaborate with family and other therapists. I believe progress is a team effort with the family being the student’s first teacher! When I am not working officially as a speech therapist, you may find me cheering at a sports game, serving at church, working out, or spending time with my family.I became a speech-language pathologist to continue to make a positive impact on the children that I work with. I originally wanted to be a teacher, but through my studies I learned that I could impact them on a different level. During a semester of student teaching, a speech therapist was in my classroom and I observed her help a few students in my class with their communication. The light switch clicked: I could still work with children, just not in an official teacher role, but as speech therapist. Instead of working with a full classroom, I am able to coach and teach children and their families individually how to communicate with each other. Soon after student teaching, I applied to graduate school and since then, I have been working with, serving and impacting the lives of children and their families in Philadelphia ever since! I hope I can get the opportunity to serve and work with you and your family!