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I am a speech-language pathologist specializing in voice and upper airway disorders with the Lions Voice Clinic at the University of Minnesota since 2022. I attended St. Cloud State University (St. Cloud, MN), receiving my bachelor's degrees in both Communication Sciences and Disorders and Music (Voice) with a minor in British Studies. I then earned my master's degree at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City, UT), where I completed a clinical externship with the Intermountain Voice and Swallow Center, and was a research assistant under the mentorship of Drs. Nelson Roy and Jenny Pierce, and completed the Summer Vocology Institute and Vocology Certificate with the National Center for Voice and Speech. I completed my clinical fellowship year plus additional clinical work at the University of Kentucky's Voice and Swallow Clinic (Lexington, KY). Although I enjoy working with patients with many different types of laryngeal disorders, I am particularly fond of assessing and treating young people with upper airway breathing disorders such as vocal cord dysfunction (VCD), paradoxical vocal fold motion (PVFM), and exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO), presenting on this topic at the 2023 Minnesota Speech-Language-Hearing Association convention. I also earned the ACE Award through the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association in June 2023 and November 2024, demonstrating my commitment to continuing education.