Our Staff:
Our Staff
Karin De La Fuente, M.S. SLP-CCC
Karin DeLaFuente received her B.A. in 1985 from UTPA and her M.S. in 1988 from UTEP. She is fluent in English, Spanish and German. Her area of interest includes Dysphagia, Cognitive Disorders, Autism, and Voice.
She believes:
" Communication/cognition/eating are essential and make us human and it is a privilege to help. "
Monica Lawler, M.S. SLP-CCC
Monica Lawler graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University with her Bachelor of Arts in Education in May of 2000. In May of 2017, she graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology. She completed her 9 month fellowship and received her certificate of clinical competence in August 2018. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. Her areas of interest include fostering receptive and expressive language development in children. She enjoys working with all ages and populations and is looking forward to continuing to grow in her field.
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Lisa Lozada, M.S. SLP-CCC
Lisa Lozada graduated with a B.S. in Biology from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in December of 2015. She graduated with a Master’s of Science in Speech Language Pathology May of 2019. She is fluent in both English and Spanish. Lisa enjoys working with clients of all ages. Special interests include Autism, Aphasia and fostering expressive and receptive language development.
Amanda Ramirez, M.S. SLP-CF
Amanda Ramirez graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station with a B.A. in Sociology and a minor in Psychology in 2011. She completed her post-bac courses at UTEP in 2013 to become an SLPA. She has successfully completed her Masters of Science in Communication Disorders with emphasis in Speech-Language Pathology from Eastern New Mexico University December 2019.
Her areas of interest include Autism, articulation, fluency, and language disorders. She enjoys working with all ages
Maribel Sanchez-Saldivar
Office Manager
Born and raised in Juarez Mexico. Attended UTEP in Business Administration.
She is fully fluent in Spanish and English. She enjoys talking to people and solving scheduling problems, no challenge is big enough. On her spare time, she likes rappelling, dancing and reading.
Let her make you feel at home.
Audrey R. Alba, M.S. SLP-CCC
Audrey Alba graduated from Our Lady of the Lake University with her B.A. in 2012. She graduated from UTEP with her Masters in Science May 2015. She completed her 9-month fellowship and received her certificate of clinical competence June 2016. Her area of interest includes Autism and Dysphagia and she enjoys working with all ages
Stephany Lopez, M.S. SLP-CCC
Stephany Lopez graduated from New Mexico State University with her B. A. in 2012 and from the University of Texas at El Paso with her M.S. in 2017. She completed her 9 month fellowship and received her certificate of clinical competence in August 2018. She is fluent in both Spanish and English. Her area of interest includes fostering expressive and receptive language development and Dysphagia and enjoys working with all ages.
Zulema Torres, M.A. SLP-CCC
Zulema graduated from New Mexico State University with a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders and a Bachelor of Arts in Family and Child Development in May 2015. Then received a Master’s in communication Disorders with a Bilingual concentration in 2017. Area of interests are AAC, Apraxia, Expressive and Receptive language disorders.
She completed her 9-month clinical fellowship and received her certificate of clinical competence in July 2019. She enjoys working with clients of all ages.
Rosalind Facio, B.A.
SLPA
Rosalind Facio graduated from UTEP in 2013 with a B.A. in Multi-disciplinary Studies. She is fluent in English and Spanish. Her area of interest is developing and improving pragmatic skills with children on the autism spectrum.
Cristina Hutter-Medrano
Office Manager Assistant
Christina Medrano attended New Mexico State University in Bilingual Education. She is fluent in English and Spanish. In her spare time, you can find her trying new recipes from Pinterest, reading and cheering on her favorite sports teams.