Karina Saechao, M. A., CCC-SLP, ATACP (she/her) is a national speaker, award-winning author, and pediatric speech-language pathologist. She is an AAC/multimodal language specialist for school-aged children with complex communication needs. She is the owner and founder of Yay Language! and Golden Oak Speech Therapy. Karina’s clinical practice and scholarship focus on language, disability, and literacy in school-aged children to support and improve their educational experiences and outcomes at school. Karina is also a Ph. D. student at the University of Kansas where she investigates African American English (AAE) critiquing the limitations of current assessment and treatment practices for children who speak AAE. She also works to facilitate new avenues of thought for practitioners working with children who speak AAE. As a scholar-practitioner, Karina believes that all children have the fundamental right to an equitable education, comprehensive literacy instruction, self-determination, and autonomous communication. Karina is passionate about implementing person-, family-, and community-centered care models. She partners and collaborates with families and educators utilizing coaching, consultation, and training services to equip and empower them to support linguistically marginalized children.