Kimberly is an SAC- and ASHA-certified speech-language pathologist and postdoctoral researcher with the CHILD-BRIGHT Network at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her current work focuses on bridging the gap between research and the real-world scaling and adoption of psychosocial interventions for children with neurodevelopmental conditions. She also maintains a part-time clinical role as a speech-language pathologist with Bridges Speech and Language in Halifax, providing assessment and intervention services for individuals with a range of communication needs, and running their LEGO®-based social communication skills group. She holds a Doctorate in Speech-Language Pathology from Northwestern University, an MSc in Human Communication Disorders from Dalhousie University, and undergraduate degrees in Neuroscience and French, also from Dalhousie University.

With over two decades of clinical experience across Canada and Bermuda, Kimberly has worked with children and adults with autism and other neurodevelopmental conditions, developmental language disorder, childhood apraxia of speech and other motor speech disorders, feeding and swallowing difficulties, voice and laryngeal airway disorders, learning disabilities, cognitive-communicative disorders, and complex communication needs. Her experience includes building a private speech-language pathology clinic from the ground up in Bermuda, implementing and scaling programs within speech-language pathology and multidisciplinary teams, and practicing across diverse settings, including as an early intervention SLP for the Department of Health in Bermuda, a suburban/rural school board in southwestern Québec, a not-for-profit neurodevelopmental clinic in Montréal, and a remote hospital/community health setting in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Kimberly’s clinical work and research are rooted in implementation science, operations and process improvement, systems-level change, and the integration of evidence-based practices into everyday care. She has contributed to national initiatives through the CHILD-BRIGHT Network and has presented her current and past research at national and international conferences. In addition to her clinical and research roles, she serves as Member-at-Large on the Board of the Nova Scotia Regulator of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists (NSRASLP), and actively mentors Master’s students in Speech-Language Pathology from Dalhousie University and the University of Maine. She is deeply committed to mentorship, interprofessional collaboration, and advancing equitable access to services for children and families.