GUEST BIO
John Gomez was born and raised in Northern New Mexico.\xa0 He attended Colorado College where he earned a degree in Philosophy and American Ethnic Studies.\xa0\xa0 He graduated from California State Los Angeles University with a Master's degree in Communication Disorders in 2009.\xa0 Presently, he works as a Speech Pathologist for the Los Angeles Unified School District.\xa0 He is also part-time faculty at Cal State LA where he teaches a graduate-level course\xa0on stuttering and a course on psychosocial considerations. In 2017, CSULA honored John with the Lois V. Douglass Distinguished Alumnus Award.\xa0\xa0John also moonlights as a filmmaker.\xa0 In 2012 he established Keen Eye Productions, LLC.\xa0\xa0 His first feature film, WHEN I STUTTER had its world premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival on April, 2nd 2017.\xa0 The film recently won the "Supporter of People with Fluency Disorders Award" from the International Fluency Association. WHEN I STUTTER has been lauded by many organizations and associations for its ability to effectively\xa0raise awareness\xa0about people who stutter and their challenges in life. The film has won 7 awards, been an official selection in over 15 film festivals, and has been translated into over 11 languages.
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TOPICS INCLUDE- Keeping busy during 2020
- CAMP Shout Out & When I Stutter
- Best filmmakers and inspiration for When I Stutter
- Growth and change
- Making little changes and improvements in life
- Giving your self permission to make mistakes
- Life as a school based speech-language pathologists
- Teaser for new movie about stuttering that will help with communication success
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HOST BIO Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP passionately explores and develops practical ways for us to create our own success story. Delivering personalized experiences of communication care informed by leading professionals and influencers, Uri is re-imagining the next-level of speech-language therapy for people to benefit in real life.For more, visit www.schneiderspeech.com