She has a minor in Spanish and was raised in a bilingual German speaking home. Her career has taken her to Seattle, Salt Lake City, and now Teton Valley.  She has practiced as a licensed professional in the outpatient, school, and hospital settings. Her experience includes working with pediatrics and adults. Her scope of practice includes evaluation and treatment of adult dysphagia, aphasia, dysarthria, voice, and cognitive-linguistic deficits and pediatric language, articulation, and fluency disorders. She also conducts and interprets modified barium swallow evaluations (MBSS) and is MBSImP certified. As a Speech-Language Pathologist she values collaboration among all professionals and team members to provide the best care. Communication is the basis for human connection, and she has a passion for helping others gain or regain communication skills.