Grace received her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds additional certifications in LSVT LOUD for adults and children, Teaching Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD), and Speech Systems Intelligibility Treatment (SSIT). She is also fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese.
As a clinician, Grace is committed to providing care that is specifically tailored for each client as well as providing functional therapy that allows clients to see results in their day-to-day life. She is passionate about helping individuals rebuild and improve their communicative confidence and efficacy. Grace’s specialties when working with adults include post-stroke aphasia, dysarthria, apraxia, and progressive neurological communication disorders. She has helped retired individuals meet their goals of recovering verbal communication, increasing their quality of life, and their ability to connect with loved ones. She has also helped working individuals meet their goals of returning to work by providing intensive intervention that supports the rebuilding of language and the higher level cognitive skills specific to each individual’s occupation.
She has worked in early intervention, clinical and school settings treating and evaluating children with an array of speech and language disorders as a result of developmental delay, cerebral palsy, autism spectrum disorder or TBI. When working with individuals, Grace understands the importance of providing education and support for the whole family so that individuals feel motivated, happy, and excited to attend sessions. With this in mind, Grace is able to provide intensive intervention for both pediatric and adult individuals, supporting them through month-long intensive programs where individuals are fully supported, committed to practice at home, and able to meet their goals.
In addition to clinical work, she is keenly interested in research and has worked with Dr. Jessica Galgano on the applications of LSVT LOUD on treating dysarthria in various clinical populations.