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New York, NY, US

Montclair, NJ

Provide continued support to the MSU Clinical Biofeedback Lab:- Develop PEST (Parameter Estimation by Sequential Testing) speech discrimination tasks using PsychoPy and other Python packages (e.g., Pydub, Tkinter)- Manage, code, and analyze data- Co-author posters and presentations

Supported clinical research involving the use of visual biofeedback methods (acoustic representation, ultrasound, electropalatography) to treat articulation errors of the /r/ speech sound:- Developed and maintained online data rating platform with Flask (Python), JavaScript, HTML, & SQL- Collected, prepared, managed, analyzed, and summarized spoken.

Pemberton Township, New Jersey

- Provided direct and indirect speech-language therapy services to PreK-8 students (caseload: 50-90 students), conducted evaluations throughout the district, and participated in/led IEP meetings as a case manager or related service provider- Collaborated with teachers, parents, case managers, and other service providers to support student needs- Supported.

Hamilton, NJ

- Provided home-based early intervention services to children ages 0-3 and their families throughout MiddlesexCounty, NJ (caseload: ~10 children/week)- Evaluated children as member of an EI evaluation team in Mercer County, NJ (2 cases/week); wrote evaluation reports and educated parents on strategies- Participated in IFSP meetings with families

Edison, NJ

- Evaluated and treated a range of cognitive, swallowing, speech, and language disorders in adults on acute inpatient rehabilitation units (caseload: 5-8 patients/day)- Developed goals and evidence-based treatment plans, tracked session data, composed daily session notes, and educated patients and families regarding the impact of disorders on daily life.

Princeton, NJ

Supported research scientists in the Natural Language Processing and Speech Group. (Promoted from the position of Research Assistant to Senior Research Assistant in May 2013.)- Annotated and analyzed essays, short answers, and transcribed spoken responses at various levels of complexity in order to train automated scoring systems- Designed and managed.

Aided Catalan elementary school teachers in English language instruction within the classroom (e.g. reading books, directing educational games), created PowerPoint presentations to support language and American culture education

- Coded visual and perceptual cues in audio files using Praat; contributed to coding manual- Recruited participants and assisted with speech elicitation and repetition experiments

B.A., Linguistics

Activities and Societies: FemSex, Intramural VolleyballStudied abroad at the Universitat de Barcelona through the Consortium for Advanced.

Master’S Degree, Speech-Language Pathology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Epsilon Lambda Honor Society, NSSLHA