I am a board-certified specialist in swallowing and swallowing disorders with a passion for helping other speech-language pathologists practice with evidence and compassion. Over the course of my career, I have developed several programs and projects to help promote use of evidence-based practices in easily accessible methods to meet the needs of speech-language pathologists worldwide. In 2017, I created The Swallow Your Pride Podcast, which was launched with the intent of diving deeper into issues that speech-language pathologists face when working with patients with swallowing disorders. This podcast provides the latest evidence-based treatment strategies from top clinicians and researchers in our field.My experiences in running my own Mobile FEES Company has motivated me to mentor other speech-language pathologists to open their own mobile FEES companies across the country through my programs, The FEES Biz Blueprint and the FEES Booster. For several years in my career I felt alone on "dysphagia island." I experienced significant difficulty trying to manage my caseload, find and understand the latest research, and maintain my role as a mom and wife, all while trying to find time to take care of myself. I can relate to feeling overworked and overwhelmed. This is why I created The Medical SLP Collective - a group designed to provide peer-reviewed evidence for clinicians by clinicians, that now has over four thousand members worldwide.Before I'm an SLP, I'm a mom of a sweet, feisty little girl and a precious little boy with special needs. I've spent his entire life (even before he was born) advocating for him, for services and therapies and anything that can help him to live the fullest life possible. After 2 years of starting and stopping the writing process, as a mom trying to find anything and everything available to help my son when the world shut down, I was reinspired to finally get my book out there for anyone searching for answers for their swallowing problems. We have so many wonderful SLPs ready and willing to help these patients if we could just help them find each other a little easier. "So You're Having Trouble Swallowing" is a best-seller and one of the things I'm most proud of.Most recently, I created Medical SLP Education, to revolutionize the way medical SLPs receive education. MedSLP Ed is an approved ASHA CEU provider offering live and recorded online courses that fill the gap between grad school and clinical practice. Each course is in-depth, goes far beyond the textbook rhetoric, and focuses on case-based learning.