EXPERIENCE
Whittier Union High School District
I spent 8 years working with young adults with disabilities in a transition program. Guiding my students, helping them develop social skills and life skills necessary to live an independent life. I developed great relationships with my students and their families. This experience encouraged me to continue to expand my career into the field of speech therapy.
Jump and Schout Therapy
My first introduction to the speech field was with this amazing private clinic in Brea, CA. Leann Schouten has built a great facility for families to receive services from some of the best therapists I have had the pleasure of meeting. They provide OT and PT services as well as Speech Therapy. J&S is a collaborative, family environment where I learned the foundational practices for AAC, PROMPT, social group work and co-treating among other skills and techniques.
Specialized Therapy Services - The Oas Center
I lived for a year in San Diego, CA. During this year, I had the pleasure of working with Steve Oas and the wonderful people at STS. I was placed at a K-12 non-public charter school, working with students with behavioral needs. Collaborating with OT and school psychologists to develop programs for social skills group sessions. Through this experience I learned the importance of collaboration and the skills it takes to plan and develop group programs in a school environment.
Gabe
The person that I have learned the most from in my life, has been my cousin Gabe. Gabe was born with Down Syndrome 3 years after I was born. He is the most honest, caring individual I have ever met in my life. Gabe is my best friend and my biggest inspiration in life. I am constantly learning from this man, every day and he is always asking me to help him with his speech. The experiences that I have developed over a lifetime of being around him have set me into the position I now find myself. A speech therapist with the opportunity to change the lives of people at a very young age. To set a foundation for their ability to communicate with others. I have learned compassion, perseverance, goodness and love from Gabe, and I intend to pay it forward.