ASHA's Minority Student Leadership Program

The University of Arizona has a tradition of sending students to ASHA's Minority Student Leadership Program (MSLP)

From ASHA's website: the MSLP is a leadership development program established for undergraduate seniors, master's students, AuD students who are enrolled in communication sciences and disorders programs, and post-entry level SLP students who are enrolled in a clinical or research doctoral degree program. The purpose of the MSLP is:

  • To recruit and retain racial/ethnic minorities that have been historically under-represented in the professions of audiology and speech-language pathology
  • To provide focused educational programming and activities to build and enhance leadership skills
  • To provide an understanding of how the association works
  • To provide an opportunity for program participants to interact with leaders in the professions of audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech, language, and hearing sciences

You can read more at the link above as well as find application instruction.

Below are UA Speech, Language, and Hearing students who have participated in the MSLP:

Class of 2024: AuD: Selena Hopkins-Morand
Class of 2023: SLP: Diego Melendez
Class of 2021: SLP: Jacqueline Penunuri
Class of 2014: Aud: Jinna Borgstrom
Class of 2013: Undergraduate Senior: Natalia Nieblas Soto
Class of 2012: PhD: Trianna Oglivie
Class of 2010: Undergraduate Senior: Anna-Alyse Tellez
Class of 2009: Undergraduate Senior: Kelia Gutierrez
Class of 2008: Undergraduate Senior: Serena Singh; AuD: Aileen Wong
Class of 2004: Second-Year Masters: Deanna Nagai