About Us

Sarah Baily received her Master’s in Speech and Language Pathology from SUNY Plattsburgh. She is currently living in Saratoga Springs, NY.

Sarah has experience working in a variety of educational settings. She has provided speech and language therapy for children with various diagnoses including receptive and expressive language delays and disorders, articulation and phonological disorders, fluency disorders, pragmatic language disorders, and autism spectrum disorders.

In her spare time, Sarah loves to spend time outside with her dog, Izzie, attend concerts, travel, and spend time with family and friends. 

Victoria Banghart is a speech-language pathologist in Jerseyville, Illinois. She graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 2014 with her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology. She has gathered over 8 years of experience serving a variety of populations of all age ranges and in a variety of settings, including early intervention, acute care hospital, outpatient clinic, and the school setting. Her favorite population to work with is pre-k-Kindergarten students with language impairments.. Outside of speech therapy, Victoria is a mother (to 3!), a wife, and a small business owner. Her hobbies include beekeeping, gardening, and food preservation. She is a "wannabe" homesteader at heart. 

Ilda is the lead recruiter and administrative assistant at Agape. She has accumulated administrative experience throughout her career and is known for her unwavering dedication and reliability. More importantly, she finds helping others the greatest reward in her years of work.

She loves coffee, treasure hunting at thrift stores, and cherishing moments with her family. Furthermore, she finds immense joy in guiding and mentoring the younger generation at her local church. Ilda feels blessed to be a part of the Agape team!

Milly Espinoza is a bilingual speech language pathologist in her clincal fellowship year who is originally from Guayaquil, Ecuador and a native Spanish speaker who has lived in Texas for the past 14 years. Milly began her career working with children at 19 years old as a preschool teacher, where she met a young boy with Angelman Syndrome who inspired her to begin her journey in helping children with special needs. After researching careers related to the special needs population, she fell in love with speech and language pathology. 

Upon finishing her first degree in mass communication, she switched fields and began her studies in communication disorders and deaf education. Through her time as a graduate student, Milly realized the need for bilingual speech therapists and, as a bilingual person herself, quickly decided to specialize in this area. She also has a special interest in alternative and assistive communication for bilingual children and the ever-growing field of teletherapy.

Wendy Goltz is a speech-language pathologist 

in Avon, Minnesota. In 2012 she earned her M.S. Degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. Since then, she provided therapy in an educational setting in person and through teletherapy to students ages 4-21 years old with a variety of disorders. For nine of the years since graduation, she worked in a Level IV behavioral setting, 

which included elementary, middle, and high school students. Additionally, during this placement, she provided services to students attending private schools, an Autism program, and an 18-21 transition program. While she enjoyed the variety and challenges of that position, this year she is working with first and second graders and is loving focusing on this fun age group. 

On a personal note, Wendy has been married to her husband Pat since 2007. She loves exploring and enjoying life with him, family, friends, and her two cats, Simon and Sasha. She can be found fishing, swimming, playing games, pellet grilling, and doing many other activities, but she is rarely found “being bored.”

Nura Husein is a multilingual speech language pathology assistant (SLPA) who resides in Illinois.  Her family is originally from Jordan, but she grew up in Brazil where she learned Spanish, Portuguese, and English. She is also proficient in Arabic. She worked for many years as an interpreter, but she loves working as an SLPA and helping children with a variety of needs. She is always learning new things, and she is always willing to help those around her. Her favorite place to visit is Thailand and she loves Thai food!

Cara has been a speech language pathologist since 2000. She attended Minot State University in North Dakota and she now lives on the west coast. Cara is passionate about helping students achieve their communication goals. Outside of doing speech therapy, Cara can be found rockhounding, taking care of animals, and camping.

Ivonne Mendoza-Virgen is a bilingual speech language pathologist who is originally from Colombia. She attended Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology and Elmhurst University in Elmhurst, Illinois where she earned her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology. Ivonne holds her national certification from the American Speech-Language and Hearing Association, as well as her license to practice speech-language pathology in Illinois.  She holds a bilingual endorsement.  She is bilingual in English and Spanish. Ivonne’s clinical experiences include working with children in early childhood centers and elementary schools. Ivonne has served children with a variety of articulation and phonological processing disorders, expressive and receptive language delays and disorders. 

Ivonne believes it is essential to collaborate with all members of the care team and wants to actively engage teachers and caregivers in children’s treatment plans. Outside of work Ivonne loves doing Yoga, taking long walks with her dog, cooking Columbian food, and painting.

Ben Norrell is a bilingual speech language pathologist in his clinical fellowship year. He grew up in the Dominican Republic. Growing up as a third-culture kid was a beautiful and unique experience. When he moved to the US, he studied to be an educator during his undergraduate degree and then taught English to Language Learners for 6 years in the US public school system. During that time, he noticed the unmet needs within the Spanish-speaking community for bilingual Speech Therapists, which led him to shift careers and become a bilingual SLP! 

Laura B. Palait is a Speech-Language Pathologist in Clifton Park, New York. She graduated with her MS in Communication Disorders from SUNY New Paltz in 2018 and has since worked with children of all ages in schools. Her favorite part of being an SLP is fostering relationships with her students. She is a wife to husband Aaron and a mother to one daughter and 2 French Bulldogs. She likes to sing, read, and bake when she has the time. She is an animal lover and has not one, but three fish tanks! 

Maggie Potter has been a Speech Language Pathologist since 2016. She has served as an SLP in both the medical field and in the public schools. She feesl honored to have received her bachelor's degree at Elmhurst University and continued on to earn her master's degree at Midwestern University. Her free time is saturated with growing her Ghirardelli Chocolate Covered Strawberry business at local Farmer’s Markets and by catering special events, spending quality time with the special people in her life, taking care of her two cats, trying new recipes, and getting outside for a hike or bike ride whenever possible. She also enjoys community service, going to church, and volunteering. She feels blessed to be able to serve children and families as a new member of the Agape team! 

Shannon Pritchett is a Speech Language Pathologist residing in Swansea, IL. She graduated from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville with a B.S. in Early Childhood Education and a M.S. in Speech Language Pathology. She has 9 years of experience in the school setting working with children of all abilities from ages 3-21. Her areas of interest include assessment and treatment of severe speech sound disorders and language development in the early childhood population. She also enjoys helping students of all ages- and their families- with augmentative and alternative communication. In her personal time, Shannon enjoys spending time with her family, planning trips and traveling to new places, and photography.

Angela Reif is a speech language pathologist who lives on Long Island in New York with her husband and 2 kids. She loves boating, camping and sports! She graduated with her Masters in 2014 from Molloy College and then completed her clinical fellowship working for City of Philadelphia schools. Since then she has been back in NY working primarily with the 3-5 age population. She loves the enthusiasm and excitement that the younger children bring to the sessions! 

Madalyn Dunn received a Bachelors in Business Marketing with a minor in Communication from Radford University in Virginia before moving to Colorado to start an exciting event planning career. After a few years in events and the many changes brought on by the pandemic, Madalyn moved away from event planning and excelled in sales and as an administrative assistant before deciding to further her passion in skin care. She is currently completing a 600-hour Esthetician program at School of Botanical and Medical Aesthetics in Denver, CO. Madalyn is incredibly passionate about making a positive impact and creating meaningful experiences. She greatly values family, personal growth, friendship, and laughter. She’s looking forward to moving back to the east coast next year to spend more time with her sister's growing family and to be the best aunt to her niece and nephew. Outside of her career, Madalyn invests most of her time into fitness, seeing live music, listening to audiobooks, and spending time with her cat, Rosie. 

Holly Magdalin is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor from the Chicagoland area and has been working in the field of adult mental health and substance use disorders for over 10 years. Holly obtained two Bachelors of Science Degrees in Communicative Disorders and Health Sciences in addition to her Master of Arts Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling all at Northern Illinois University. On a personal note, Holly has been married to her husband Nick since 2012 and is a mother of two. In her free time, Holly enjoys reading, spending time outdoors with her family, and is a self-proclaimed foodie. 

Rosalyn is a pediatric Speech-Language Pathologist passionate about advocacy, AAC, literacy and language interventions. Before earning her graduate degree from California State University, East Bay Rosalyn worked developing curricula for women’s literacy programs and international development. After graduate school, Rosalyn worked for 4 years in a school district’s education preschool program collaborating with special education teachers, vision specialists, physical therapists, and occupational therapists to best serve her students and their families. Rosalyn values the role of families in children’s communication development. She believes that therapy works best when it is fun, natural, and incorporated into everyday interactions with important people in their lives. Kids learn to communicate best when they are regulated and happy! Each year, she heads a volunteer program to assist hopeful first-generation college graduates with their speech pathology graduate school applications to increase the number of diverse, bilingual therapists in the profession. Giving back to her community is an important part of her life. In her spare time, she enjoys the outdoors, reading, and spending time with her family 

Crista Crawford received her B.A. and M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and M.A. in Education Studies with an emphasis in reading from McKendree University. Crista has been a practicing Speech-Language Pathologist for 26 years and has worked within the school system from Pre-K through High School. She loves building skills that students can apply in the classroom including articulation, phonology, expressive and receptive language skills, and fluency. Crista has two wonderful daughters in college, and she enjoys reading, writing, planting flowers, and spoiling her fluffy cat Sir Lancelot. 

Linda went back to school when her daughters were   2 1/2 and 5. Her oldest was sick her 2nd year in college so it delayed her education another semester.  Then she had her 3rd daughter during her junior year of college.  She received her masters at 34 and moved to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.  She worked 5 years for McHenry County in Illinois, then worked 17 for Harvard in Illinois, where she met and worked with Maria.  She is not bilingual, but received an endorsement in ESL. This year she did an online training to become a certified Autism specialist. She was married last year and moved up to Chilton, Wisconsin.  She currently works in Kiel, 15 minutes away.  She loves kayaking, gardening, reading, bicycling, riding her hubby’s Harley, and being outside.  She also is addicted to flowers—love planting them! She also enjoys helping with middle school kids at the girls and boys club.