Dawn Wassmer is a certified and licensed Speech Language Pathologist in Maryland. She graduated with her Bachelor of Science in Human Services in 2019 from the University of Delaware. After a rewarding internship working with Speech Language Pathologists, she went on to earn her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Towson University in 2023, where she focused on communication and feeding disorders.

Dawn's particular interests include early intervention, language disorders, articulation disorders, phonological disorders, and pediatric feeding and swallowing.

Shelby Wimbrough is a certified and registered Occupational Therapist with 7 years of experience working with the pediatric population. Before joining Phoenix Therapies+ she worked at a non-public school and within an outpatient clinic.

Shelby graduated from Salisbury University with her Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science Allied Health, and Towson University with her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy. She also holds an advanced certification from the University of Southern California in Sensory Integration.

Shelby’s areas of interest include fine motor skills, picky eating, and self-care skills.

Kelli Fuqua is a certified and registered Occupational Therapist with 10 years of experience working with the pediatric population. In addition to joining Phoenix Therapies+ she is a school-based therapist, with a primary focus on autism and profound cognitive delays with kids aged 5-21 years old. She also has experience working with children who are nonverbal and/or have behavioral needs.

Kelli graduated from University of Delaware with her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a Statistics minor. She received her Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy from University of Pittsburgh.

Kelli particularly enjoys working with kids and their families to support the development of fine and visual motor skills, and making recommendations for home modifications that support independence.

Kandis Shinaberry is a dually certified and licensed Special Educator with 12 years of experience teaching children ages K-5 with varying needs and abilities, as well as facilitating IEP meetings and collaborating with families and school-based team members to create comprehensive IEPs to meet student’s needs. 

Kandis is experienced and trained in providing reading and math interventions, such as Orton-Gillingham Plus, SIPPS, Visualizing and Verbalizing, Do the Math, and Bridges Curriculum based intervention.

Yelana Slavov is a certified and licensed Speech Language Pathologist with over 15 years of experience treating both adults and children (both pre-school and school-age). Her therapy approach is functional, dynamic, and targeted to produce the highest outcomes for each individual.

Yelena’s adult patient expertise incudes the diagnosis and treatment of aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia, voice and neurocognitive disorders from her time in acute care and rehabilitation hospital settings.

With a focus on early intervention in both public schools and private practice, Yelana’s experience treating children has included the treatment of disorders related to apraxia, receptive and expressive language disorders, articulation, phonological processing, oral-motor functioning disorders, fluency, and pragmatic language disorders.

Yelana graduated with her Master of Science in Speech Language Pathology from Towson University.

Megan Tripp graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Human Services from Stevenson University.

With over 13 years of customer service experience overseeing staff scheduling, coordinating billing, and handling conflict resolution, Megan excels at providing optimal experiences for our clients and enjoys making a difference in families lives!

Abriella Shaw is a Senior at Aberdeen High School who is completing a social media marketing internship at Phoenix Therapies+ through the Maryland Training Apprenticeship Program (MTAP). Abriella plans to attend Towson University and pursue a degree in marketing and business after high school.