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Cristi Donoso, M.S., CCC-SLP is a bilingual (Spanish/English) speech-language pathologist with over a decade of experience in early childhood education and therapy. She holds a certificate of clinical competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA) and is licensed in Virginia, where she is also a Certified Early Intervention Professional. She is trained in PROMPT and has pursued advanced continuing education in the areas of bilingual language development, selective mutism, Deaf education and aural rehabilitation, childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), articulation and phonology, feeding, and orofacial myology.

In addition to speaking native Spanish, Cristi is proficient in French and conversational in American Sign Language (ASL) and received her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Gallaudet University. She believes that all Deaf children should have access to ASL in addition to any speech and language support they and their families desire.

Cristi takes a strengths-based approach with every family and feels that parents know their children best. She is neuro-diversity affirming and believes that all brains are beautiful!

While Cristi has supported children of all ages, she especially loves working with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers as they become empowered to communicate.