"You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think and loved more than you know" Christopher Robin to Pooh Bear.  These are words that describe us all.  We all have skills and abilities that we have not yet developed. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to have my own pediatric clinic that provided a place that fostered new hope for families.  The dream I have for Building Kid Steps is that is a place families can come and find hope and understanding while seeing their child achieve new skills and goals.  I also want it to be a place where new therapists or those studying to help people with disabilities can come and learn from highly qualified therapists.  

I obtained my undergraduate degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences from Texas State University in 2000 where I graduated Sum Cum Laude. I went to work for the DeWitt Lavaca Special Education Cooperative in 2000 as a Speech Assistant. I received my Masters of Science in Communication Disorders in 2005 from Texas Woman's University and my Certificate of Clinical Competence in 2006.  I continued to work as a Speech Language Pathologist for the DeWitt Lavaca Special Education Cooperative for 3 more years.  In 2009, I went to work as a speech therapist for Early Childhood Intervention in Victoria, Texas. In 2011, I became the therapy director of Building Kid Steps and recently purchased the clinic in January of 2014.

I have a background and training in Applied Behavioral Analysis, Floortime Model intervention, social skills training, sign language, augmentative and alternative communication principals and assistive technology training. I have presented at the Texas Assistive Technology Conference in Texas and consulted with several school districts on making language visible in the classroom. I have worked with severe and profound medically fragile and low incidence population since 2000. Among disabilities that I am experienced with are Autism, Down Syndrome, and Fragile X. I really have a passion for working with children with autism and nonverbal children who need assistive technology to be able to communicate. I truly enjoy being able to work with families to help their children reach their greatest potential.

While I love my job and thrive on being able to help families, my greatest joy is my family. I am a wife and a mother of two wonderful boys and beautiful daughter. Knowing how important my family is to me only makes me strive hard to work for the families that I come in contact with everyday, both in and out of Building Kid Steps. My greatest wish is that every family that comes to Building Kid Steps realizes how much we want them to feel like they are a part of our family and that we want to see their children reach their greatest potential.  Here every child has only one label - "Achiever!"