Mackenzie Burns is a bilingual speech-language therapist with native-like proficiency in Spanish who has an extensive history working with the pediatric population, specializing in early childhood education and dual language acquisition. Before moving to Denver CO, Mackenzie graduated with a master’s degree with a position as a grant scholar for "An Interdisciplinary Project to Prepare Culturally Competent Speech-Language Pathologists to Provide Services to Children with Disorders" from North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in 2021. The service grant included specialized courses in rare pediatric neurological syndromes, providing parental education and counseling, classroom management skills, and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) training programs to prepare her to be clinically competent when providing an all-encompassing professional perspective when treating children and their families. In addition, Mackenzie comes to us with specialized training and expertise working with children who are behaviorally complex (BEH), including children with exceptional learning styles and different abilities. On the weekends, Mackenzie is most likely to be found at home with her 2 cats, listening to a podcast, or looking for new stones in the mountains.