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Fort Worth, Texas, United States

∙ Completed specialized training in chart reviewing, comprehensive evaluation for swallowing safety and efficiency, judging the need for instrumental examinations, and executing evidence-based treatment of swallowing disorders within the acute care hospital environment∙ Assisted MBS and FEES instrumental assessments and interpreted results ∙ Provided education and resources to patients/family/caregivers about speaking valves, laryngectomies, and future care plans ∙ Observed and gained understanding of an SLP's role in a Level 3 NICU care hospital

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

∙ Evaluated, treated, and counseled clients with aphasia, apraxia, primary progressive aphasia, voice, and fluency disorders for bilingual (Spanish-English and Malayalam-English) and monolingual English clients∙ Provided the following evidence-based treatment programs for expressive language, apraxia, and agraphia: Copy and Recall Treatment (CART), and Constraint-Induced Language Therapy (CILT) to a Spanish-speaking client∙ Adapted treatment to encompass self-advocacy, problem-solving, and retelling complex auditory targets for the purposes of safety and expressive language for mild PPA client∙ Facilitated Woman's Aphasia Group therapy sessions, addressing expressive language skills while managing diverse levels of deficits.∙ Taught fluency shaping and stuttering modification techniques as well as completed behavioral analysis of client’s stuttering in order to quantify and qualify stuttering moments and track changes over time ∙ Provided SPEAK OUT! Treatment for Parkinson’s voice therapy and educated about the progression of Parkinson’s

Houston, Texas, United States

∙ Planned and led individual treatment to both monolingual and bilingual (Spanish-English) adults and children in the following areas: voice, cognitive-linguistic, dementia, fluency, motor-speech, speech, and language disorders∙ Interviewed and performed outpatient dysphagia evaluations (BSE) for monolingual Spanish-speaking adults ∙ Adapted therapy for clients with disorders of consciousness to include AAC

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

• Bilingual Evaluations: - Made eligibility decisions based on using standardized tests and informal evaluations for bilingual (Spanish-English) preschool kids aging out of ECI • Ranitas en el campo: - Evaluated, planned, and delivered therapy to bilingual (Spanish-English) monolingual (Spanish) preschool children in individual and group treatments. - Trained parents to enhance their child’s speech and language development• Richard J. Wilson Elementary School: - Planned and delivered therapy for school-aged children in the following areas: articulation, phonology, language, social pragmatics, and literacy

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

∙ Conducted individual therapy for a teenager with Autism Spectrum Disorder and led group therapy for school-aged children with pragmatic disorders.∙ Provided aural rehabilitation and syntax treatment targets to bilingual (Spanish-English) school-aged patient with bilateral hearing loss

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

• Recruited qualifying patients of Nepali, Burmese, and Spanish-speaking backgrounds to the Community Health Worker program for 40 hours/week• Gathered and composed resources for hypertension, diabetes, and mental health diagnosis to support and educate patients about their health condition both in English and Spanish• Created and executed a survey to evaluate the culture and efficiency of the clinic when serving multicultural patients during COVID-19

Austin, Texas Area

• A research project led by Dr. Kim, designed to measure the social, emotional, educational, and developmental effects of children who translate Spanish-English• Interviewed and surveyed Spanish-speaking families in low-income households to document their translating and interpreting experiences• Collected research subjects’ health measurements including blood pressure and cortisol levels to analyze and document stress level trends when translating

Austin, Texas Area

• Created a project involving the discussion on why seeking mental health is hard for Latina/x cis women, trans women, and nonbinary people. As well as created a zine related to the discussion.• Outreach opportunities to educate students about the resources the GSC provides such as assistance with name changes, library resources, and event information.

Houston, Texas Area

• Taught 9th-grade geometry in a six-week academically rigorous summer program for more than 15 high achieving low-income KIPP Houston Schools students • Created and implemented daily lesson plans in a fast-paced environment to improve their class average from 43% to 82%• Taught the Mandarin Chinese elective to seventh and eighth-grade students to improve their speaking skills and cultural awareness exponentially

Master'S Degree, Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

Emphasis in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Communication Sciences And Disorders, General

Activities and Societies: Orange Jackets, National Student Speech, Language, and Hearing Association (NSSLHA), Language Stuttering.