"My long-term career goal is to open a private practice focused on helping preschool-age children improve or overcome various language disorders. Specifically, I envision this private practice specializing in receptive and expressive language skills building. For instance, leading exercises that help children build receptive language skills like following directions, understanding common gestures, and knowing how to take turns when talking. The expressive language skills we would focus on in this private practice include asking questions, putting words together into sentences, and learning songs and rhymes. I'd like the programs to involve a range of exercises and modes of therapy that are fun for children so that they want to come to the clinic rather than be afraid of any treatment. First, I look forward to gaining the necessary foundations for my career from the Communications Disorders program here at Emerson College."