Sarah Hahesy
Sarah Hahesy is a mom of two amazing kids, an avid reader, a Peloton Enthusiast and dedicated 3rd grade teacher for the past 17 years. Her passion is bringing social justice into the classroom to build community. Ten years ago she formed a social Justice group with her colleagues, which led to her being trained by the National SEED project to be a SEED leader. This year will be her third year leading a new group of staff from her school with her friend and Co-Leader, Lauren Tavares.
SLP/BCBA; SLP Kate Grandbois (she/her) & Amy Wonkka (she/her)
Kate and Amy are co-founders of SLP Nerdcast. Kate is a dually certified SLP / BCBA who works primarily as an "AAC Specialist." She owns a private practice with a focus on interdisciplinary collaboration, augmentative alternative communication intervention and assessment, and consultation. Amy is an SLP who also works as an "AAC Specialist" in a public school setting. Amy's primary interests are AAC, typical language development, motor speech, phonology, data collection, collaboration, coaching, and communication partner training and support.
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Lauren Tavares, M.S., CCC-SLP
Lauren Tavares is a school based SLP. She has worked in the school setting for 10 years in grades K-3 general education/inclusion classrooms and within a sub-separate program in kindergarten through 8th grade. Within her school, she has been part of teacher-led social justice learning and participated in a SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) seminar in the 2020-2021 school year. She participated in facilitator training for social justice learning through the National SEED Project in the summer of 2021. This school year will be her third year co-facilitating a SEED group with her friend and colleague, Sarah Hahesy. In her free time, Lauren enjoys escaping into fantasy novels, obsessing over sewing projects, and spoiling her cat.
