Sisi received a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Illinois State University and a Master of Arts degree in Speech Language Pathology from Northern Illinois University. She is a bilingual speech language pathologist; able to provide services in English and Bulgarian. Sisi has experience assessing and treating a variety of speech and language domains such as speech sound disorders, expressive and receptive language disorders, pragmatic language disorders, and voice disorders. During her free time, Sisi enjoys exercising, traveling, and spending time with her family.

Carmelita is a licensed Speech and Language Pathologist with 35 years of pediatric experience in the school and clinical setting as well as a private practice. She completed her undergraduate degree in Speech Pathology at Elmhurst College and her Masters’s Degree in Communication Disorders at California State University in Long Beach. She has worked with a variety of age levels from Early Intervention through Adult. She has worked primarily throughout her career with children with a variety of communication needs within the school setting in pre-school through high school. Her experience includes working within the therapeutic day school and residential setting. She has a strong understanding of the special education process. Previous work experience also includes working with children and adults at Grant Hospital in Chicago as well as deaf and hard of hearing adults at Santa Ana College in California. She has assessed and treated children with a variety of speech and language disorders. Her specialty is pediatrics; treating children with autism, pragmatic/social language skills, hearing impairments, severe apraxia, articulation/phonological delays, voice disorders, fluency disorders and severe language and auditory processing deficits. She has also utilized a co-treat model with occupational therapists for children with severe sensory needs and autism. Her favorite part about being a therapist in the clinical setting is the opportunity to work closely with families. Her specialized training includes the Lidcombe Program of Early Stuttering Intervention and Lindmood Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing. She also brings experience on how to strengthen literacy and written language skills for children elementary through high school. Carmelita has three grown daughters. She currently lives in the northwest suburbs with her husband. She loves to spend her free time with her family, traveling and volunteering. She is on staff at Northwest Community Hospital as a volunteer in the Animal Assisted Therapy Program with her therapy dogs.

Julie has been an SLP-CF with In2Great team since July and is passionate about helping others find, build and healthily maintain their own voice. Her path to Speech-Language Pathology (MS, Western Kentucky University, 2022), was influenced by her background in music (MA Music-Vocal Pedagogy, Northeastern Illinois University; Teacher Attendee at Summer Voice Institute, 2019, Northwestern University) and theatre (BA Theatre Arts, University of Iowa). As a music and theatre teacher, Julie has prepared singers for professional careers in theatre, recording sessions, live gigs, and fine arts conservatory programs. She has performed professionally as a singer, actor and musician as well as serving as music and vocal director in Chicago, regional and high school theatre. Julie has worked as an adjunct and guest teacher (SLP student clinician, general classroom, music) at NSSD 112 and Township HS 113(Highland Park), Maine East High School (Park Ridge) and Niles West High School (Skokie), where she was part of the arts program which received the National Kennedy Center Award for Artistic Excellence. Julie also served 7 years as summer music director for “Babes on Broadway”, Northbrook Park District, working with 4-8 year olds learning through music and theatre games, and producing 2 30-minute musicals for the 8 week sessions. She a is a proud member of NSSLHA Speech, Language and Hearing Association; NATS, the National Association of Teachers of Singing; and AEA, Actors Equity Association. Julie has 2 grown kiddos, Kaleb, a recent graduate of Indiana who is preparing for law school, and Jadyn, a sophomore at CLC studying social work and psychology. When she is not at In2Great, you can find her doing yoga, hanging out with her cat Gwendolyn, tickling the ivories on her piano, Ludwig, and playing violin with the Ravenswood Community Orchestra in Chicago.

Shaira received her Bachelor's degree from Northern Illinois University and a Master's degree from Elmhurst University. She is deeply committed to helping children develop their communication skills through engaging and effective intervention. Shaira has experience with individuals across the lifespan with receptive and expressive language disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), Down Syndrome, AAC devices, phonological and articulation disorders, Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS), and fluency disorders (Stuttering and Cluttering). Her approach blends creativity and connection, as she works alongside clients, their families, and interdisciplinary teams to deliver thoughtful, individualized care. In Shaira's free time, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, playing board games, reading, crafting, working out, and playing badminton.