Jamie Sloan

A majority of my career as a speech pathologist was spent working in underserved, economically disadvantaged communities. I am privileged to have had a wonderful, fulfilling career. I chose the field of speech pathology because overcoming a speech and language disorder can greatly improve someone's life, and I enjoyed the process of collaborating with professionals from a variety of disciplines to create a unique treatment plan for each new case we received. It is this same desire to work directly with people to improve their lives for the better that attracts me to the field of medicine.

• Taught fifth grade students merengue, rumba, swing, and foxtrot as part of the AV Dancing Feet Youth Ballroom Dance Program. In addition to dancing, this program focused on teaching social etiquette, teamwork and self confidence.
• Helped launch the Lancaster School District chapter of Circle of Friends, a inclusion program that aims to decrease bullying and build friendships between students with special needs and their general education peers.

• Certificate of Clinical Competence - American Speech Language and Hearing Association
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention

• Ran three half-marathons and multiple 10K races, including a 10K while I was six months pregnant with my daughter.
• Started a book club for which I organized, scheduled and led each meeting.
• Attended creative writing courses through the Writer's Program at UCLA Extension. I was also invited by one of my instructors to participate in a writing workshop with other fiction writers where we met weekly to read and critique each other's writing.