19 - Hyphenated Identities and Being Asian AF Part 1 | Miki Shibata @slpsofcolor Interview Series

Miki Shibata, M.S., CCC-SLP is an Asian-(Japanese, Korean) American bilingual SLP based in Washington, D.C. She is Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Buddhist. She graduated from Soka University of America for her Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and Teachers College, Columbia University for her Masters of Science in Speech and Language Pathology. She works at a large acute care hospital in Washington, D.C. She also has her own private practice, District Speech and Swallow Rehab, that provides mobile and outpatient speech pathology services to adults in the DC/MD area as well as speech therapy to Japanese speaking children all over the US. She has been practicing for five years and specializes in: ICU/Medically Complex (dysphagia, aphasia, motor speech disorders, artificial airways, cognitive communication disorders); Head and Neck Cancer (particularly post-op); Tracheoesophageal puncture prosthesis management; Bilingual (Japanese-English) Speech Therapy; Random interest in Infectious Disease.  

This is part 1 of our interview with Miki. Listen as Miki shares her experiences entering the field as an out-of-field applicant, learning about her parents' backgrounds, working abroad in Japan, and starting her own private practice for dysphagia and bilingual therapy services.  

Reach Miki at: 

Private Practice - https://www.districtspeechandswallowrehab.org 

Fundraising - https://ifundwomen.com/projects/district-speech-and-swallow-rehab  

The @slpsofcolor Interview Series aims to share the experiences of speech-language pathologists who are people of color because visibility
and representation are incredibly important. ASHA reported in 2018 that "8.2% of ASHA members, nonmember certificate holders, international affiliates, and associates are members of a racial minority (compared to the 27.6% of the US population)." We want their voices to be HEARD, and to inspire the next generation of speech-language pathologists.   

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Music in this episode: 

Intro Beat by Marcus West

Dark Days by @gar_doh (Soundcloud.com/emergence_sf) 

Classic by @gar_doh (Soundcloud.com/emergence_sf)