OUR THERAPISTS

NW Speech Therapy prides itself on finding some of the BEST Speech Therapists here in the Northwest to work with your children.  Although they vary in background, one thing is for sure:  They LOVE what they do and they are GOOD at what they do.  Take some time to get to know them.

Staci Lund, MS. CCC-SLP
Certified Speech Language Pathologist

Staci received her Bachelor and Master degrees from Northwestern University in Illinois.  She considers herself a "Generalist" having extensive experience with many different types of speech/ language disorders. She particularly enjoys working with young children that are showing difficulties in acquiring language. She has participated in many continuing education opportunities in order to further enhance her skills and enjoys lecturing on various topics.  She loves helping families build their confidence with working with their children at home. 

Lisa Melady, MS.  CCC-SLP
Certified Speech Language Pathologist

Lisa received her Bachelor and Master degrees in Speech and Hearing Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine.  She has extensive experience working with medically fragile children presenting with traumatic brain injury, feeding/swallowing disorders, and alternate means of nutrition (G-tubes) as well as craniofacial syndromes, voice disorders, cleft lip/palate and patients that have tracheotomies and/or are ventilator dependent.  She is currently serving as adjunct staff at Portland State University and travels all over the United States giving lectures on various speech/language disorders.  She thrives on seeing her patient’s progress and strives to keep therapy fun and energetic.

Patricia Luz, MA. CCC-SLP
Certified Speech Language Pathologist

Patricia received her Masters degree in the area of Communication Disorders from the University of Oregon in 2004.  Her interest in becoming a Speech Pathologist, however, started years before while she was a student at University of California Santa Barbara. At that time she was a Linguistics major and had an outside job of being a 1:1 assistant to students diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Between those two things she developed the desire to learn all that she could about language, its breakdowns and finally how to access language through sensory based components.  More recently, she has become involved in the remediation of articulation, in helping children learn about letters, their sounds, and ultimately reading.  She feels that it is incredibly fulfilling to watch children gain access to language and to use language to gain knowledge about life!  Patricia will be providing speech therapy to children in the Yamhill county area in Oregon.