Podcasts Health Transcending Stuttering with Uri Schneider S2 Ep2 - Stuttering Fluently with Mateo Andrew Rivera

S2 Ep2 - Stuttering Fluently with Mateo Andrew Rivera

Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 11 a.m.

GUEST BIO

MATEO ANDREW RIVERA IS A DIRECTOR, WRITER, ACTOR, RAPPER, AND STUTTERER FROM HOUSTON, TX.  HE'S WORKED ON SEVERAL AWARD-WINNING FILMS AND DOCUMENTARIES, AS WELL AS HIS OWN NARRATIVE FILMS AND CREATIVE PROJECTS. CURRENTLY, MATEO IS IN POST-PRODUCTION ON HIS FIRST FULL-LENGTH & AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL DOCUMENTARY "A-A-ACCEPTANCE" (SEE TRAILER BELOW) WHICH CHRONICLES HOW HIS STUTTER HAS IMPACTED HIS FILM CAREER AND LIFE.

  TOPICS INCLUDE

- Early years and growing-up

- The day my life changed - thanks to a Nigerian priest

- Stuttering, acting, rapping, film and more

- Fluent stuttering

- “It” is more than a horror film by Stephen King

- Forthcoming autobiographical documentary

 

NOTES

  • Mateo discusses his early life in acting and film making.

  • Mateo and Uri discuss wisdom around the stuttering community.

  • Mateo and Uri discuss the A-A-Acceptance Documentary and the story behind the idea and creation.

  • Mateo explains how a priest’s wisdom, gave him the confidence that he needed.

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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.
Uri Schneider, M.A. CCC -SLP is co-founder and leader at Schneider Speech Pathology and faculty at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.

For more, visit www.schneiderspeech.com