Andi received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Speech and Language Science from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. She holds a license in Speech Language Pathology in the state of Georgia.

Over the past 25+ years Andi has worked with children in a wide variety of settings. She worked in two metro Atlanta area public school systems providing speech and language evaluations and treatment serving pre-kindergarten through high school. Therapy was provided to children with learning disabilities, receptive and expressive language delays, hearing impairment/loss, sound production errors, stuttering and language disorders related to cognitive deficits.

In addition to experience in the public schools, Andi worked as a Speech Pathologist training and supporting augmentative and assistive communication (AAC) users and their families and provided workshops on AAC technology nationally and internationally. A fantastic “non-traditional” speech opportunity one summer, brought Andi to work with a renowned animal scientist, training and teaching sign language to two amazing dolphins in Hawaii!

Andi has also had experience in the early 2000’s teaching at Georgia State University in the Communication Disorders Master’s program as an adjunct professor and developing and running a small private practice in Decatur prior to returning to work in the public school system. Presently, Andi is newly working part time at an independent school as their learning specialist.

Although Andi’s experience has been broad and encompassed many areas of speech and language in numerous settings, her strengths and specific areas of interest include working with: young children with phonological process based speech sound errors, children of all ages presenting with language based learning and auditory processing disorders and children with autism. Andi is also trained in Lindamood-Bell's Visualizing and Verbalizing Program.

When not at work, Andi enjoys spending time with her children and grandchildren as well as cooking and traveling.