Speeching it Real

This is a special episode where I go through a variety of common, and uncommon speech-language pathology acronyms. As a graduate student, I did my best to explain the less common or more difficult acronyms and some settings the acronyms might be used. During the episode, I mentioned I would link some acronyms below. I am also linking a website with a list of acronyms we discussed, and MORE ! Here...

This episode features Lacie McArdle, she is a graduate student at The University of Colorado, Boulder with an interest in aphasia and medically based cases. Lacie gives keen insight into the graduate application process and walks us through how she got to where she is today – including how her interests have been shaped in the diagnostic room! She also opens up about how she didn’t feel like she f...

This episode features Jennifer Markowitz, she is a pediatric SLP in an outpatient setting in Washington, DC. In this episode, Jennifer shares how her interests have evolved over time (or developed to be more specific), what it was like to jump in and help in an acute inpatient adult setting during covid, and advice she gives to interns and new clinicians she mentors. Jennifer tells us a bit about...

This episode features Gia Martinez. Gia recently graduated from undergrad and chats with us about the application process, what she found valuable in taking a year off between graduate school and undergrad, and details about being an SLPA in Colorado. Gia is especially interested in learning about and serving bilingual populations and explains how that was a big factor in deciding on her school. I...

This episode features Alyssa Marsellos Mendoza, she is a bilingual SLP out of Miami, Florida. Alyssa, is a few years out of grad school and currently works in an outpatient setting with adults and children. In this episode, she shares thoughts regarding multiculturalism at the university level and how it is implemented, and she provides extremely thoughtful insight about preparing to apply to grad...

This episode features Ashlee Everson. She is a graduate student at The University of Colorado, Boulder with an interest in pediatric populations with articulation and language disorders. Ashlee shares her unique experience attending graduate school for Psychology prior to cementing her path to pursue a graduate degree in Speech-language Pathology. She shares some advice about the graduate applicat...

This episode features Hayley Ratzan-Wank. She is a graduate student at The University of Colorado, Boulder with an interest in dysphagia, voice disorders, hearing loss, and neurogenic communication disorders. Hayley shares some insight into starting graduate school without a background in Speech-language Pathology! She gives some great tips about how to decide on a school (especially when making a...

To start out the podcast I am interviewing my five closest friends, Molly McGuire, Mattie Kennedy, Grace Burnside, Amanda Hardy, and MaC Chesley. They are all current first year graduate students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Each of them opens up about their experiences applying to graduate school, what to do during your time off between undergrad and graduate school if the opportunity...

Welcome to Speeching It Real, a podcast about new speech-language pathologists just getting into the field. On this podcast, your host, Christy Ubieta will interview a variety of SLPs in different stages in their careers. Join us starting May 5, 2023 and every Wednesday moving forward! If you have any questions, suggestions for guests on the podcast, or feedback, please email speechingitreal@gmail...