Meet Our Team
Our compassionate therapists have experience with all ages, from birth through geriatrics for a wide range of diagnoses.
Our team of skilled speech and occupational therapists are knowledgeable, compassionate, and eager to help you reach your therapy goals. Therapists with the area of expertise that you or your family member require will be paired with you from the very first visit, if possible, and keep you with that therapist for the duration of your treatment. If the fit doesn’t seem to be quite right after that first session, we can make a change.
Our speech-language pathologists have a master’s degree, are licensed through the State of Oregon Board of Examiners for Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, and have a Certificate for Clinical Competency (CCCs) through the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA). Additionally, some of our therapists speak Spanish.
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Areas of Specialty
In addition to their state and national certifications, some of our therapists are also specially trained and/or certified in additional programs.
Modified Barium Swallow Impairment Profile (MBSiMP)
Tethered Oral Tissue Specialty (TOTS)
Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of the Swallow (FEES)
Lessac Madsen Resonant Voice Technique (LMRVT)
Parkinson Voice Project's SPEAK OUT!® and LOUD Crowd® programs
VitalStim® Therapy System
Casey Collins
M.A. CCC-SLP
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Kristin Williamson
M.S. CCC-SLP
Kristin has been a licensed Speech Language Pathologist since 2007. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and received her Master’s degree in Communication Disorders and Sciences from the University of Oregon.
Mallory Rizzio
M.S. CCC-SLP
Mallory has been a Speech Language Pathologist since 2020. She was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. She loves working with families and giving them the tools to meet their goals.
Amanda Rhodes Fyfe
M.S. CCC-SLP
Amanda is passionate about implementing a family-centered approach to intervention to empower caregivers to optimize communication development within the child’s natural environment.
Laura Shea
M.S. CCC-SLP
Laura has a special interest in feeding and swallowing impairments in infants, as well as working with kiddos with developmentally delayed speech/language skills and complex communication needs.
Cara Macedo
M.S. CCC-SLP
After years as a paraprofessional in school districts, Cara found her passion for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) by working collaboratively with speech therapists in the schools.
Marissa Fritzler
M.S. CF-SLP
Marissa is a Speech Language Pathologist originally from Beaverton, Oregon. She completed her Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and Human Development at the University of Nevada, Reno.
Lindsay Gruca
M.Ed. CCC-SLP
Lindsay’s areas of interest include cognitive-communication, dysarthria, aphasia, apraxia, voice disorders, swallowing disorders, speech-sound disorders/phonological disorders, and gender affirming voice.
Lindsey Newman
M.S. CCC-SLP, IBCLC
Lindsey specializes in working with pediatrics with communication, feeding and swallowing difficulties, TBI, post-frenectomy and post-frenotomy care, voice, speech sound disorders, apraxia, literacy, and stuttering.
Paige Leite
MOT, OTR/L
Developing her career as an occupational therapist, Paige learned in a multitude of settings and a wide range of populations, including a specialized traumatic brain injury clinic, acute care, and skilled nursing.
Marit Brown
OTD, OTR/L
Marit is an occupational therapist specializing in autism spectrum disorder, sensory processing disorder, motor planning, and praxis differences, fine and gross motor delays, and emotional regulation differences.
Melissa Navarro
Administrator/Billing Specialist
Melissa works for Sonos remotely from the San Francisco Bay Area where she was born and raised. She brings many years of administration management and billing of Speech, OT, and Multidisciplinary clinics. She has a passion for supporting families and therapists with their needs in this field.
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