03/15/2026
2026 Convergence. Each and every photo here highlights incredible SLPs and SLPAs from across California that I have had the honor of collaborating and connecting with.
Photos:
1) 2025-2026 CSHA Board of Directors. I served as Vice President of Membership and Outreach.
2) Private Practice Committee Mixer
3) Photo with CSHA Executive Director Brittany Connerly Slaton and one of my amazing mentors, Dr. Leann Schouten who is the incoming president of and the director of
4) Photo with Nadhiya Ito who is CSHA PP Committee Networking lead, Letizia Hendrickson who is CSHA President Elect, and Dr. Katherine McKernan who is CSHA EI Committee chair and director of
5) Photo with Julie, my SLP homegirl who is also pregnant. We got our start together as undergrad research assistants at UCLA in the linguistics department Language Acquisition Lab!
6) Photo with Caitlin Francis who is CSHA CEA and Chair of the Schools Committee, Maret Wilson who is a past CSHA director of district 1 (and bigwig at ) and Mor Ghermezi who is CSHA Advocacy CoLead for the Schools Committee.
7) Onstage announcing the election results - I will be President Elect of CSHA for 2026-2027, Jen Kizner from Stanford and CSHA's STAR will be VP of Advocacy, and Amanda Pierotti who is District 7 Director will take over my role of VP of Membership.
8) Photo with the incredible Sarah Lee from .speaks - we have been internet friends and finally met in person!!
9) Photo with Annick Tumolo, CoLead of Networking for CSHA's Schools Committee, and Caitlin Lopez, Content Co-chair for Convergence.
10) Photo with Sarah Bishop, 2025-2026 CSHA President!
11) Photo with Deb Arroyo, we also were internet friends and then met in person at a DTTC training back in 2024!
12) Photo with Destiny Johnson, who is director of and a leader on our SLai Eligibility taskforce.
13) My brother, Mike 😎
14) Photo with Dr. Marcella McCollum, chair of , past CSHA President, my #1 mentor, and a damn good friend.
I love you all!
