Dr. Kester earned her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin. She earned her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and her Bachelor’s degree in Spanish at The University of Texas at Austin. She has provided bilingual Spanish/English speech-language services in schools, hospitals, and early intervention settings. Her research focus is on the acquisition of semantic language skills in bilingual children, with emphasis on assessment practices for the bilingual population. She has performed workshops and training seminars, and has presented at conferences both nationally and internationally. Dr. Kester teaches courses in language development, assessment and intervention of language disorders, early childhood intervention, and measurement at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Dr. Gorman earned her Ph.D. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from The University of Texas at Austin, specializing in language and literacy development and cross-language transfer of skills of bilingual children. She completed her Master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin in the Bilingual/Multicultural Speech-Language Pathology program and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Latin American Studies. Dr. Gorman has worked as a bilingual Spanish/English speech-language pathologist in New York City, California, and Texas in a wide variety of settings including school districts, Head Start centers, home-based early intervention, and private practices. She is an assistant professor at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Kara earned her master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio, Texas.  She focused her studies on language functions in the right brain in the Spanish-speaking population.  She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Communication Sciences and Disorders.  Kara’s favorite projects include developing creative literature-based materials for bilingual children.  She has worked with the bilingual population in Early Childhood Intervention, public schools and rehabilitation centers.

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Scott completed his master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin in Communication Sciences and Disorders.  He also completed his bachelor’s degrees at the University of Texas in Spanish and Communication Sciences and Disorders.   His studies focused on second language acquisition and speech productions in Spanish-speaking children with cochlear implants.  He has presented to Speech-Language Pathologists internationally and translates for the Spanish-speaking community in Austin.

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Anne completed her master’s degree at the University of Texas at Austin in Communication Sciences and Disorders.  During graduate school she participated in the bilingual clinical training program conducting research on bilingual populations and also studied the influence of cultural characteristics of the Spanish-speaking community on the evaluation and treatment of stuttering.  After finishing her bachelor’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Texas, Anne spent a year in Madrid, Spain improving her Spanish and consuming tapas.  She also spent Summer 2007 in Honduras.  Her current interests include studying the effects of multi-cultural influences on evaluation and treatment processes.

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