Born and raised in Indianapolis, Rachel began her collegiate career at Indiana University, before eventually completing her Master’s in Speech Language Pathology from Fort Hays State University. During her summers in undergrad, she was a summer camp counselor and worked with children from ages of 5 to 10 years old. While completing her clinical externship, she worked with preschoolers with ASD in a school setting. She has always enjoyed working with children and wanted to start her career where she would have the ability to make a difference in the lives of children. Though she did not previously have any prior experience with ABA, she wanted to push herself into learning something new. After completing her Master’s degree in Kansas, she wanted to move back home to Indy after graduation. While searching for jobs, she stumbled upon K1ds Count and liked the mission that the company advocates. K1ds Count values the importance of individualized therapy for each child, which was inline with her values, as well. She hopes to learn as much as possible as a new speech therapist. With this specific discipline there is a lot of knowledge to gain, and she has learned that K1ds Count provides many opportunities for a clinician to grow. She is also interested in the areas of swallowing/feeding, so she hopes to eventually gain more clinical skills with those topics as well. She enjoys spending time with family and friends now that she is back in Indiana, but also enjoys baking and traveling when she has the opportunity.
