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. "

Denisse Castillejos, M.S. SLP-CCC

Denisse Castillejos graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with her B.A in 2013. She then obtained her Masters in Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Nova Southeastern University (NSU) in May 2020.  She has completed her Clinical fellow ship and holds her certificate of clinical competence. She is fluent in both Spanish and English, and knows the basics of American Sign Language. Denisse enjoys working with patients of all ages. Her special interests include dysphagia, language, articulation, and feeding

Amanda Avila, B.A. SLPA

Amanda Avila graduated from the University of Texas at El Paso with a B.A. in Linguistics and a minor in Speech Language Pathology in 2015. She completed her post-bac courses at Eastern New Mexico University to become an SLPA shortly after. Currently she is enrolled in the Speech@Emerson master's program with Emerson College expected to graduate with her M.A. in August 2021.

She enjoys working with all patients and is interested in all things speech.

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.

Christina Medrano, Office Manager

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