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As a speech-language pathologist, Alex Michonski treats a wide range of disorders and works with patients of all ages. The academic preparation and hands-on clinical training she received at UVA gave her the skills and confidence she uses every day to make a difference in her community.

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  • Human Services

Kristina Fulton believes in the value of lifelong learning - for herself as well as her students. UVA's Education Specialist program in Curriculum & Instruction illuminated a pathway for professional growth.

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  • Curriculum, Instruction & Special Education

Tisha Hayes discovered early that literacy was a critical key to learning. At UVA, she passes on this tenet to aspiring teachers.

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  • Curriculum, Instruction & Special Education

Professor Alridge hopes the stories and insights from civil rights-era teachers can help current teachers navigate the present moment.

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  • Center for Race and Public Education in the South

As a military spouse and a parent to two young children, Elizabeth found the flexibility she needed – and the rigor and community she wanted – in UVA’s online M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction program.

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  • Curriculum, Instruction & Special Education

Professor Mandy Rispoli is co-leading efforts to boost caregiver training and education systems for children with autism on two different continents.

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  • Supporting Transformative Autism Research

UVA professor’s research in Ukraine sheds light on strategies to address mental health needs during an ongoing humanitarian crisis. 

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  • Youth-Nex

Seeing how exercise as medicine helped treat a close family member with cardiovascular disease inspired Jeison to pursue a career in medicine. An M.Ed. in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Physiology gave him the knowledge and experience he needed to prepare him for medical school.

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  • Kinesiology

A new study aims to identify which treatment works better at reducing depression and anxiety in autistic adults.

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  • Supporting Transformative Autism Research

UVA professor Martin Block’s connection with Special Olympics International has touched nearly every area of his life, including family, students and his research.

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  • Kinesiology