Melanie is a first-year M.A. candidate in the Speech-Language Pathology program at SDSU’s School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences working towards becoming a certified bilingual SLP. She grew up as a dual language learner of Spanish and English in City Heights, San Diego. Her background ties into her interests in supporting bilingual children to connect with their roots through language, supporting monolingual Spanish families raising bilingual children, and having culturally sensitive treatments for individuals of all ages.