You’ve probably never met a “Sarah” quite like me. Not only do I have a Chinese last name (Wu), but I’m a bilingual speech-language pathologist who speaks fluent Spanish. Let me throw you another curve ball: I’m a dual citizen! I was born in Australia.
Currently, I live in the suburbs of Chicago.Don’t even get me started on school lunch – I blogged a year about school lunch and wrote a book about school lunch reform: Fed Up With Lunch. I’m older than the average speech path with almost 20 years of experience because before I became an SLP, I worked for Kraft Foods. Yep, I was working in a cubicle before I had the revelation that, hey, I need to get out of that job and make a difference in a world beyond EasyMac.
But I’m so grateful to have had that business experience as I opened up my store “Speech Therapy is Beautiful” TeachersPayTeachers back in 2014. My undergrad (from UW-Madison — Go Badgers!) is in Spanish and Business. When you combine it with my masters in Speech-Language Pathology (from Northwestern University here in Illinois), I feel kinda perfect for being an bilingual-SLP-entrepreneur! I also completed my Educational Specialist (EdS) in curriculum and instruction at National Louis University (2022) where I earned my ESL and bilingual endorsements.
Personal stuff: I married my husband over 20 years ago and we have two boys. I love to ride my bright yellow mountain bike. It’s tough being a working mom, but it doesn’t stop me from living my life to the fullest!
Feel free to peruse my website, but if you’d like to borrow something please ask first. You can review my Terms of Use while you wait for me to email you back! 😉 Email me: Sarah(AT)speechisbeautiful(DOT)com. I’d love to chat with you! 🙂
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