our team
Our team is lead by award-winning speech-language pathologists who specialize in autism spectrum disorder and assistive technology.
Garrett Oyama
Director of Research
With a multidisciplinary background in music, technology, and cognitive science, Garrett is passionate about how concepts and technologies from other fields can be re-purposed for the use of treatments for communication disorders.
Dr. Phil McAlpin
Advisor & Consultant
Dr. McAlpin serves on the California Speech-Language Hearing Association’s Diversity and inclusion committee and was recently elected Chair-Elect of the CSHA Board of Directors.
David Baugher
Chief Data Scientist
David specializes in NLP techniques and their application to Healthcare; his passion is using data analytics to create positive social impacts. Currently, He is focused on how NLP techniques can assist in language development diagnostics and interventions.
Gary Arreaga
Operations Manager
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Sian Stone
Speech Pathology Assistant
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Adalice Gonzalez
Speech Pathologist
Bilingual Speech-Language Pathologists focus on working with a holistic perspective and family centered approach. Compromised in helping the families to build skills, knowledge and confidence to create the best environment and language experiences for their children.
Gabriela Portan-Ascencio
Speech Pathology Assistant
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Daniel Garcia
Speech Pathology Assistant
I am a bilingual Speech-Language Pathology Assistant. I have a tremendous passion and love working with and helping children as well as families, and overall making a positive difference in their lives.
Shelley Valdivia
Speech Pathology Assistant
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Melissa Brettelle
Speech Pathology Assistant
I enjoy discovering my client's interests and using them to engage in learning new skills. Prior to becoming a SLPA, I worked with children in various school settings and I bring that 17 years of experience with me to the field of speech and language.
Jasmine Manalo
Speech Pathology Assistant
I like getting to know her clients, assisting parents, and seeing the progression of a child’s growth with their speech and language goals.
Amalia Reyes
Director of Business Development
Amalia is a linguist, researcher, and leads business development for iTherapy. She holds an MA in Neurolinguistics and a BA in Linguistics/Japanese. Amalia has focused her corporate career on enabling small businesses to expand their commercial activities.