Meet our Mighty Team
Meet Kristen, MS, CCC-SLP
Kristen is a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist and the founder of Mighty Minds.
Throughout her career, Kristen has had the privilege of supporting children and families across outpatient clinics, early intervention, hospital, school, and community-based settings. These experiences have shaped her approach to learning and development and strengthened her belief in supporting the whole child.
Kristen is passionate about helping children recognize their strengths, build meaningful connections, and develop the skills they need to communicate, participate, and thrive. She believes children learn best when they feel safe, understood, connected, and genuinely excited to explore the world around them.
Areas of Specialty
Kristen's clinical experience and specialized training include:
Neurodiversity-affirming support for autistic and neurodivergent children
Social communication, connection, and friendship development
Emotional regulation and executive functioning
Play-based and child-led learning
Speech, language, and early literacy development
Pediatric feeding and sensory-based intervention
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Parent coaching, family-centered intervention, and advocacy
Why Kristen Created Mighty Minds
Kristen created Mighty Minds with a vision of offering children something that extends beyond the boundaries of traditional therapy and classroom instruction.
Through her work with children and families, she has seen firsthand that many children learn best through movement, curiosity, exploration, meaningful relationships, and play. Children may need the freedom to approach an activity differently, observe before participating, follow an interest, move their bodies, communicate in their own way, or simply have more time to feel comfortable.
Mighty Minds was created to make space for all of that.
Kristen's vision is to provide children with a supportive, low-pressure environment where they feel safe being themselves while naturally developing communication, problem-solving, emotional regulation, independence, self-confidence, and meaningful social connections.
At Mighty Minds, the goal isn't to ask children to fit into one definition of what learning should look like. It's to create opportunities for every child to discover what learning can look like for them.
Meet Annalise, MEd, MS, CF-SLP
Annalise is a Speech-Language Pathologist with a dual graduate background in education and speech-language pathology and experience supporting pediatric clients and their families across home, community, school, and private practice settings.
Throughout her career, Annalise has worked with children with a wide range of communication needs, including receptive and expressive language differences, speech sound disorders, gestalt language processing, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
Areas of Specialty
Annalise's clinical experience and areas of interest include:
Neurodiversity-affirming speech and language support
Receptive and expressive language development
Speech sound development
Gestalt language processing
Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
Multimodal communication
Play-based and child-led learning
Family-centered intervention and collaboration
Annalise's Approach
Annalise is passionate about providing individualized, neurodiversity-affirming, and child-led support that recognizes and respects all forms of communication.
She believes meaningful learning begins with meeting children where they are, honoring their individual communication styles, and creating opportunities for connection through their interests, strengths, and natural curiosity.
At Mighty Minds, Annalise brings this philosophy beyond traditional therapy by helping create an environment where children have the freedom to explore, communicate, connect, and learn in ways that feel authentic to them. Her goal is to help each child feel understood and supported while building confidence in their ability to communicate, participate, and form meaningful connections with others.
Meet Bonnie
Bonnie is a Special Education Teacher’s Assistant with experience supporting autistic and neurodivergent students from preschool through high school across their social, emotional, and academic development.
Throughout her career, Bonnie has supported children with a wide range of learning, communication, sensory, and social-emotional needs. She is experienced in creating inclusive, engaging, and pressure-free environments where children are encouraged to learn at their own pace, build confidence, and participate in ways that honor their individual strengths and abilities.
Areas of Specialty
Bonnie's experience and areas of interest include:
Social-emotional skill development
Creating inclusive and supportive learning environments
Self-advocacy and independence
Differentiated instruction
Adaptive and individualized learning
Functional communication
Sensory integration and sensory-informed support
Recreational and academic play
Play-based and child-centered learning
Bonnie's Approach
Bonnie is passionate about helping children build confidence and pride in who they are while providing a safe, supportive space where they can learn, play, and connect with others.
She believes every child deserves the opportunity to succeed in a learning environment that recognizes and respects the ways they learn best. By meeting children at their individual level, honoring their abilities, and adapting support to meet their needs, Bonnie helps create opportunities for meaningful participation without unnecessary pressure.
At Mighty Minds, Bonnie brings this philosophy to each interaction by helping children feel safe to explore, communicate, advocate for themselves, and engage in learning in ways that feel meaningful to them. Her goal is to help each child recognize their strengths, build confidence in their abilities, and discover that there is more than one way to learn, participate, and succeed.
