Declaration: I am a Communication Disorders major.

Explanation: Senior year of high school I knew where I wanted to go to school but I had no idea what I really wanted to study. Upon my parents’ wise suggestion I asked people what they had done and if they could go back and do it again what they would do. My Aunt Julie was one of the first people I asked. Her response was that she would have studied to become a Speech Therapist and told me some of her reasons why. The idea caught (and maintained) my interest, so I moved that direction as I started my undergraduate education.

Since that fortuitous conversation with my Aunt, I have fallen in love with Speech Therapy and all that it entails. For now, I’ll comment on how I love that it’s a dynamic profession – it requires the Therapist to be knowledgeable and apply that knowledge creatively to each individual client. I am both excited and scared to be that clinician (funny how often those emotions go together). In just a couple months (yikes!) some parents will bring their pride and joy, their baby in for Speech Therapy and they’ll get me. Talk about sink or swim.