Researcher; Speech-Language Pathologist, WholeStory Speech; Creator of the Story Emotion Social Therapy (SEST), a storytelling-based approach to help individuals build social emotional understanding, social interaction, and emotional intelligence skills; Recipient of the 2025 “Distinguished Clinician Award” from the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association for her groundbreaking work with SEST; Author, SEST FUNDAMENTALS Story Emotion Social Therapy: WholeStory Therapist Guide and Principal Curriculum (2026) and the Children’s book, Pearla and her Unpredictably Perfect Day (2016)