My interest in helping people with special needs came from my mother. She was initially an instructor of the hearing impaired and then worked as an overall special educator when I was in middle school. From spending time in her classrooms, I realized that I, too, wanted to work with people who had special needs in some way.

After completing my master’s degree, I returned to my home school district of Carrollton-Farmers Branch to work as a speech-language pathologist. I work with students of all ages with various speech, language, and cognitive challenges, including children in need of alternative communication methods. Due to a desire to expand my experiences as a speech pathologist, I joined the staff of Speech & Language Services of North Texas at the Plano clinic and have enjoyed helping children and families in that setting for several years now. I began my work at Plano West Senior High in 2016 and have loved working with older speech student beginning to transition on post-high school skills.

I love helping children of all ages become the best communicators they can be, and through them, I learn how to become a better communicator myself!