Senior Profile: Aspen Patrick

 

Aspen is a Communication Sciences and Disorders major from Westcliffe, Colorado. She also earned a certificate in Coaching. Aspen has served as Public Relations Director for Student Government and as a VIP Ambassador. 

Aspen says, “Tara Marshall from the CSD Department really helped me fall in love with this major. She was the first professor that I had in the department, and her energy and love for the field helped foster my growing passion for Speech Pathology. Blake Roth also in the CSD department was an excellent professor who always believes in his students and lets them know that. He also served as my faulty mentor and was very reassuring and supportive when I was struggling and feeling anxious about admission to graduate school. My parents pushed me academically when I was growing up, which has helped me develop into the student I am today. The cohort of girls in the Speech Pathology department are so supportive and encouraging of each other, which has made it a very good learning and growing environment.” 

She plans to attend FHSU to pursue her Master’s in Speech Language Pathology, and hopes to be a Medical SLP. She has a particular interest in Neonatal feeding and swallowing. 

Aspen will continue to do great things here at FHSU and we love to see great Tigers continue their education here with us! Congratulations! 

“Persistence is the most powerful force on earth, it can move mountains.” ~  Albert Einstein