Maria has been a certified Speech Language Pathologist since 2009. She obtained her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech and Hearing Association and has since held state licenses in Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa. She is a proud alumni of the University of Wisconsin River Falls & Stevens Point. She has over 15 years of experience working as an online speech therapist, seeing kids from all over the world and helping them communicate effectively while giving their families tools to continue the work in person. She also has 5 years experience working full time in the public school system and over 15 years experience working in a variety of pediatric speech therapy clinics, including her own in home clinic, Chatterpillars Speech Therapy, which was established in 2020. Currently, she is accepting new online patients in Iowa.