Kristen Ponce

Experience

Kristen Ponce is a Speech-Language Pathologist and AAC Specialist in the Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Missouri. She received her master’s degree in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Rockhurst University in 2013. Kristen has a particular interest in working with students who use AAC devices and have complex communication needs. Kristen has worked as a preschool based Speech Pathologist as well as an elementary Speech Pathologist. Kristen has a passion for teaching her students to become competent and independent communicators. She is the author of the Instagram account AAC to the Core describing her experiences working with students with complex communication needs who use AAC. In addition to working in the school setting, Kristen has experience working as an independent contractor for several pediatric clinics in the Kansas City area. She also helps facilitate the Missouri State AAC group for SLPs working in the school setting.