Dr. Chelsea Sommer is a bilingual speech-language pathologist (SLP) and an assistant professor in the department of communication sciences and disorders at FIU. She mentors master’s thesis students and teaches courses on voice disorders, cleft palate, phonetics, research, and bilingualism. Her research interests include prenatal consultations for mothers expecting an infant with cleft lip, speech outcomes for children with cleft palate, global health, and cross-linguistic assessment of bilinguals with and without cleft palate. She has conducted research and collaborated with colleagues in Ghana, Peru, Trinidad & Tobago, and Jamaica. Additionally, she collaborates with several nonprofit organizations to provide care for children in low resourced settings throughout the world.