Featured Speech-Language-Pathologist
Rachel Williams, PhD,CCC-SLP

How I became an SLP
From a very young age I wanted to become a pediatrician. I began college with the intent on being a doctor and my major was microbiology.   However after taking a few courses in biology and chemistry I decided that I needed another major. Therefore, I met with an advisor and completed a personality test that stated that professions that best suited me were in either education or health related fields (i.e., healthcare administrator, nursing, psychology and speech language pathology). Both of my parents were administrators/educators therefore, I was determined not to become a teacher.  I met with a very wise man (Dr. H. Rothman) who was the department chair of the speech language pathology program at UF. After speaking with him and taking his introductory class I was excited at the opportunity at being a part of the field speech language pathology.