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Kate Orefice - Itinerant Teacher for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing

September 26, 2020 • Shashwat Baxi • Season 2 • Episode 2

Kate Orefice was pretty much driven towards studying speech pathology from her early childhood years. That interest was further strengthened after she and her family dealt with a tragedy when Kate was in high school. By the time she was off to college, Kate pretty much knew what she was going to be.

She graduated early from Southern Connecticut State University with her BS in Communication Sciences & Disorders and went on to get her MS in Special Education with a Teaching Certification at St. Joseph's University (PA).

Currently, Kate lives in Virginia and focuses her work with students across the K-12 age group throughout an entire county.

Listen to her give some invaluable advice about taking a her personal and family experiences and using them as motivation to go out and make this her lifelong endeavor.

Her story may not be easy and direct, but it's one that shows true commitment to the goal of helping those who need it.