In this episode we feature Ingrid Owens-Gonzalez from @theboldSLPcollective. We talk about all things related to being a Latina SLP in the field such as the struggles we go through and how we find balance!

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Ingrid is a Speech Language Pathologist that resides and has been practicing in New Mexico since 2011. Ingrid has a Bachelor's degree from New Mexico State University in Psychology with a double-major in Languages and Linguistics. Ingrid pursued her Master's degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in Communication Sciences and Disorders.Ingrid has worked in many settings such as the SNF setting, in the Early Intervention setting, but her true passion is in the School setting. She loves working with the K-5 population but has experience with Preschool and Middle school as well. She is the owner of My Speech Place LLC, co-founder of The Bold SLP Collective, Co-founder & Lead Mentor of The Beam SLP Program, and Co-host of the Bold SLP Podcast.

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Ingrid's non financial and financial disclosures are:

Non-Financial: I am @MySpeechBlend on instagram, co-founder of The Bold SLP Collective, Co-founder & Lead Mentor of The Beam SLP Program, and Co-host of the Bold SLP Podcast.
Financial: I am an employee of a school district and owner of My Speech Place LLC.

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You can reach out to Ingrid via Instagram @theboldSLPcollective & sign up for the summer course they are offering at: https://courses.slpnerdcast.com/courses/graduate-credit-Solutions-and-Strategies-to-Prevent-Harm-in-Bilingual-and-Multicultural-Evaluations

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Here is another research article that goes into the struggles bilingual SLP's face in the field:

https://leader.pubs.asha.org/do/10.1044/leader.LML.27052022.cultural-responsive-advocacy.np/full/