Alumni in 5
Madison Moore '24
Employer
Graduate Student Clinician at RUSH University Medical Center
LinkedIn Profile
https://www.linkedin.com/in/madison-moore-762609229/
1. Tell us about your journey since graduation.
Since graduating from Grand Valley, I've completed my first
semester as a Graduate Student Clinician in Speech-Language Pathology
at RUSH University in Chicago. I began my first clinical placement at
the Outpatient Craniofacial Center, where I am part of a care team
that develops treatment plans for patients with diagnoses including
cleft lip and palate. I also engage in community outreach by assessing
patients at the Dr. Emily Q. Wang SCOPE Speech & Hearing Clinic, a
non-profit healthcare facility that delivers services to
under-resourced populations in the Chicagoland area. When I am not in
class or with patients, I'm volunteering in the NICU Cuddler program,
holding infants when their parents are unable to be present.
2. Share a favorite Grand Valley memory.
There are too many! Living in my sorority house, studying abroad
in Italy, and working as a student assistant at the Alumni House, to
name a few.
3. What's the best piece of advice you've ever received?
To focus on the good and watch the good get better.
4. List three words you would use to describe your Grand
Valley experience.
Transformative, independent, and rewarding.
5. What difference would you like to make in the world?
Ever since I was little, I've known that my calling is to help
people. Speech pathology is unique in that we treat patients across
the entire lifespan, from newborn to geriatric. I find solace in
changing the world by just helping people feel better. Giving them the
confidence to gain or regain different abilities through therapy, and
quite literally giving patients their voice back, that's my superpower!
February 2025
Interest Area(s)
Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Sciences and Disorders
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