The Bold SLP Podcast
By The Bold SLP Collective
The Bold SLP PodcastApr 20, 2022
S3 | E15: The Role of Bilingual SLPs in Medical Settings: Advocates for Culture & Health Literacy
S3 | E14: Creating a Space for Minorities in Undergrad SLP Programs
This episode features an interview with Raelen Watkins, B.S.Ed., Naomi Doerr-Garcia, Dr. Nina Santus, Ph.D., CCC/SLP, from the University of Georgia's undergraduate student organization: Minorities in Communication Sciences & Disorders (M-CMSD). Raelen created the group with the support of UGA CMSD faculty with the goal of creating a supportive community for minority students, engaging in advocacy related to DEI, and hosting recruitment activities that target diverse populations of young adults to bring more diversity in newer classes of SLPs and audiologists. You'll enjoy listening to their mission and what they've accomplished so far as well as what's on the horizon.
Instagram: @mcmsd_uga
S3 | E13: The Invisible Labor of a First-Gen Asian American SLP
S3 | E12: Serving Bilingual & Bicultural Families
S3 | E11: BONUS EPISODE The One About Student Loans
S3 | E10: Lifting as we Climb a Bilingual SLP Story
S3 | E9: BONUS EPISODE! Raising Bilingual Children when you are Monolingual Parents
S3 | E8: Intentionally disrupting systems that don’t serve us!
Phương Liên Palafox, CCC-SLP joins us in this incredibly healing and uplifting conversation. She shares her story with us as we discuss Boldly & Quietly disrupting systems that keep our field from growing. We talk about advocacy often on our podcast but we've never asked: Who advocates for us (Bilingual Bicultural SLPs)? Phương advocates for us and just hearing her speak lightens the load. Phương supports speech-language pathologists with her work and with her words. She shares: "My hope for our field is rooted in supporting our most vulnerable human beings. It’s seeing the relevancy & value of every person we serve, including ourselves. It is honoring native languages, valuing the rich tones influencing our second languages & setting ego aside to see the value of multilingual communicators. It is holding space for People of Color & making room at the table to digest the narratives that have been annulled in mainstream culture. It is unveiling the truths of our profession, safely speaking up/speaking out about our workload. My wish is for each human being to be seen, understood & be catapulted to the most authentic, empowering versions of himself/herself/themselves." This episode was an absolute dream to record and we hope you enjoy it as much as we did!
Connect with Phương on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/phuonglienpalafox/?hl=en
Check out her website here: https://www.phuonglienpalafox.com/
S3 | E7: The Bilingual Parenting Mental Load and how SLPs can Help
Diandra Morse, LCSW is a Dominican American Afro Latina Licensed Clinical Social Worker, raised in both the Dominican Republic and New York City. Diandra currently lives in Upstate NY and is raising two bilingual boys alongside her husband, who’s a non native speaker of Spanish. She has over 10 years of experience in trauma treatment, child advocacy, and identifying the social emotional needs of children and their families.
Following her passion for supporting children and families, Diandra created Bilingual Playdate, an Instagram account dedicated to parents and educators of bilingual children. Diandra uses her Bilingual Playdate platform to highlight resources available to parents and educators of bilingual children, provide education around language variations and linguistic oppression, and support the intentional use of Spanish indoors and outdoors via Spanish vocabulary cheat sheets and play based ideas.
Diandra also co-creates bilingual social emotional learning educational resources with Mikaela Martinez, a Project Based Kindergarten teacher and translates her educational resources to Spanish to increase access to quality educational resources.
You can connect with Diandra here: www.instagram.com/bilingualplaydate/
S3 | E6: Finding Joy in your Career as an SLP
On this episode we are joined by Barbara Fernandes, M.S. CCC-SLP. Barbara Fernandes, is the founder and CEO of Smarty Ears. She is well known for her innovative and breakthrough products for speech and communication disorders. She is a trailblazer in our field and has transformed an entire industry to adopt mobile technologies through the design and development of over sixty mobile speech therapy applications and an entire symbol library: Smarty Symbols. Most recently, Barbara has been awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant by the National Institute of Health, and she released a ground-breaking technology called the Speech and Language Academy. She has received multiple awards, and is an Amazon best selling author. She is also a mother, a daughter, a friend, and a generous mentor. On this episode Barbara shares her story from Bilingual SLP to Business owner and takes us through her journey to finding joy in her work and creating projects from moments of adversity.
Connect with Barbara here: https://www.instagram.com/geekbarbara/
S3 | E5: Perspectives from a Non-traditional First Generation SLP Grad
S3 | E4: Bold SLPs Make New Solutions
On this episode Dr. Ianessa Humbert shares her story. Her story is one of resilience, self-actualization, and strength. Dr. Humbert takes us through her experience as a daughter of immigrants who later became an immigrant to the U.S. herself. She connects those experiences to how she's been able to navigate a field that is 92% white - and she shares how her story and the story of those before her propel her in building new spaces for herself and other SLPs. We are thrilled that she took the time to share her wisdom with us! Dr. Humbert is an accomplished scientist and entrepreneur in the areas of swallowing and swallowing disorders but her expertise and her outlook for our field applies to every single one of us.
Contact Dr. Humbert here: https://www.instagram.com/ianessahumbert/
May 6, 2023
S3 | E3: Navigating a PhD in SLP & Finding Your Community
This episode features a conversation we had with Arynn Byrd, MA, CCC-SLP, a PhD student in Communication Sciences. She joins us to tell us about her doctoral degree experience and to talk about the importance of having the right supports in place to navigate graduate school. Arynn also lays out ideas for finding the right PhD mentor, establishing your network, and how students of color can advocate for themselves in the pursuit of a graduate degree.
Reach out to Arynn here: https://www.instagram.com/arynnbyrd/
S3 | E2: From Business to Bilingual SLP
S3 | E1: Self-Care & Finding Your Power
Join us as we interview and chat with Melanie Y. Evans, MS CCC-SLP (she/her), the Pediatric Speech Sister as she’s known on Instagram. She shared with us how she found speech-language pathology, how she learned to take care of herself, and how she became a Spanish-bilingual SLP. Melanie also talked with us about finding your power as a BIPOC SLP as well as what projects she’s got on the horizon.
Connect with Melanie here: https://www.instagram.com/pediatricspeechsister/
S2 | E13: BONUS! A Bold Year in Review
S2 | E12: Being Bold in Service to Multilingual Learners
In this episode, we interview Dr. María Cioè-Peña, who specializes in sociolinguistics and the intersection between disability and educational policy. Her research "focuses on bilingual children with dis/abilities, their families, and their ability to access multilingual and inclusive learning spaces within public schools." Ingrid and Desi know her as the author of the book "(M)othering Labeled Children: Bilingualism and Disability in the Lives of Latinx Mothers". This episode is full of insight into the challenges faced by Latinx families whose children are identified as disabled.
María Cioè-Peña is an assistant professor in the educational linguistics division at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. A former bilingual special education teacher, she studies bilingual children with dis/abilities, their families, and their ability to access multilingual and inclusive learning spaces within public schools. Her interests are deeply rooted in political economy, critical dis/ability awareness, and raciolinguistic perspectives within schools and families.
Connect with Dr. Cioè-Peña here: https://www.instagram.com/cioepena_phd/
Check out here work here: https://www.mariacioe-pena.com/
Buy her book here: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Mothering-Labeled-Children/?k=9781800411272
Access the Spanish translation of her book for free: https://www.mariacioe-pena.com/libros.html
S2 | E11: Improving Access to SLP Services: A Cross-Cultural & Service Learning Effort
Dr. Maria Resendiz is a professor at Texas State University. Her research focuses on providing access to evidence-based speech services for populations who live in places with limited access, both locally and internationally. She directs and participates in research that involves interprofessional education collaborations. She joins us with two of her students, Joslyn and Amarilis. They share their insights and experiences from the student perspective as they participated in a cross-cultural service learning program.
S2 | E10: Advocacy and Social Media as a Means to Positive Change in SLP
SLP Jordyn Carroll from JRC the SLP walks us through the ways in which we can bring about positive change in our field. She recounts the blatant racism she went through in college and offers practical tips on how ASHA can take steps towards authentic inclusivity.
Check out Jordyn’s course here: https://creditsinstitute.thinkific.com/courses/january-2023-confronting-anti-black-racism-in-communication-sciences-and-disorders?fbclid=PAAaZQSJpc60T4w7GsKj0AL7IcM_SKa0AfEcoiP3Veiewa8kGcMzcNKvv9JBI
Connect with Jordyn here: https://www.instagram.com/jrc_theslp/
Shop from Jordyn's SLP product line here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/JRCtheSLP?ref=shop_sugg
S2 | E9: Delivering Multicultural Services and Balancing Private Practice
SLP/Quebec Orthophoniste Melissa Farkouh is a fierce private practice owner who candidly shares her passion for offering bilingual services to her clients and educating professionals in our field, all while balancing her family and full time private practice. Join us this week as we discuss the pros and cons of running a private practice in a diverse setting.
Connect with Melissa here: https://www.instagram.com/motpourmot.orthophonie/
S2 | E8: Asian Representation in SLP and Empowering Families
On this episode, SLP Tiffany Vuong shares about her experiences as an Asian-American SLP in the world of early intervention and we venture into an interesting conversation around stigma, culture, and what defines a bilingual SLP.
Connect with Tiffany on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkteaspeech/
S2 | E7: Finding Your Intersection with SLP Scooter Oyama
We chatted all things SLP and music-related with Scooter. He's a Japanese-American SLP whose first love was music. Learn about how he integrated his passions for beatboxing, languages, and musical performance to be where he is today.
S2 | E6: Empowering SLPs to be Equitable with Dr. Valencia Perry
Dr. Valencia Perry joins us to talk all things equitable school-age language assessment. She shares her amazing insight, knowledge, and resources for all clinicians.
Connect with Dr. Perry here: https://www.instagram.com/savvy_slp_dr_vie
BONUS EPISODE | S2: Interview with an SLP from Guatemala, en Español!
E5 | S2: SLPs around the world: Guatemala
E4 | S2: Making Bilingual Connections
E3 | S2: Growing the 8% through Mentorship
E2 | S2: I survived grad school, now what? Part 2: Healing
E1 | S2: I survived grad school, now what? Part 1: Thriving
Season 2 premieres with our first guest, Marlene Medina- Nero joins us to talk about the unique experience of being a trilingual bimodal SLP! Ingrid is our host for this conversation. Part 2 will air next week!
S1 | E10: Looking Ahead
S1 | E9: On being parents and SLPs
Balancing motherhood and our careers, digging deep into how our SLP skills impact our parenting. We hear a lot about parents questioning the skills of clinicians who are not parents themselves. We posit that the only requirement to serve families is empathy and examining of our own biases. So we focus this discussion on how our skills and experiences as SLPs have impacted our parenting decisions.
S1 | E8: How Social Media Brought us Together
S1 | E7: On Being Speech Language Pathologists during a Pandemic
We talk about how Covid-19 impacted us as clinicians and what we are taking away from this time as SLPs during a global pandemic.
S1 | E6: Lessons from our CFY
The perfect CF Year doesn't exist and we share the lessons from our experiences.
S1 | E5: Our SLP Grad School Experiences
Desi, Ingrid, & Liza share their Grad School Experiences. Desi asks the tough questions about the diversity in our cohorts, the factors that guided us to each of our individual programs, and the most pressing question of all: Would we do it all over again?