OUR TEAM

Mackenzie is originally from Spokane, WA. She received her Master’s degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from Washington State University. She relocated to North Dakota in 2017, where she discovered her passion for working with children in an outpatient setting. Mackenzie’s professional interests include early language development, language and literacy, feeding and swallowing, and motor speech disorders. She is a PROMPT Trained therapist, LiPS trained, Beckman Oral Motor, More Than Words, and It Takes Two to Talk trained clinician. Mackenzie is orofacial myofunctional therapy trained working towards her COM Certification. Outside of her professional life, Mackenzie enjoys spending time with her husband and their 3 boys, and being outdoors.

Ally is originally from Dickinson and has her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Mary. Ally is passionate about continuing her education in order to provide kids with the most effective and research based interventions. She is an S.O.S. and SOFFI Trained Feeding Therapist, skilled in addressing feeding development and picky eating from birth through childhood. Ally is also an Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist who focuses on strengths based treatments. Ally enjoys working with children of all ages and abilities! Outside of work, Ally likes to run, bike, and spend time with her family and dogs.

Jordyn, originally from Wahpeton, ND graduated with her Associates of Applied Science in Occupational Therapy from NDSCS. She also has her Bachelor's in Exercise Science from MSUM. She specializes in pediatric occupational therapy with special interests in sensory processing, neurological and developmental delays. Jordyn has completed continuing education in developmental sound activated vestibular-visual protocol, or Astronaut Training, pediatric sleep, and various feeding courses. Outside of work, Jordyn enjoys spending time with her family, hunting, fishing, & riding dirt bike.

Tessa Nelson graduated from The University of Akron in August of 2022 with her Master’s Degree in Speech-Language Pathology. She completed a clinical rotation at Expression and found it to be a perfect fit. She is originally from Warren, MN but lived in Fargo for 10 years prior to moving to western North Dakota. Previous work experience includes working with children with autism at the North Dakota Autism Center, Inc. for 3 years, then was a daycare and family program manager at Family Wellness for 4 years. She currently lives in Dickinson with her husband, 8-year-old son, 6-year old daughter, and newly adopted dog named Bruno. Her clinical interests lie in the pediatric population areas of children with ASD, fluency, dysphagia, articulation, voice, and motor speech disorders. Tessa is also orofacial myofunctional therapy trained working towards her COM Certification.

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Brooklyn is a Dickinson native and a graduate of NDSU. Brooklyn can be found completing all the loose ends of our daily tasks to help assist your child's therapy session in being highly successful. She and her husband Ben have three beautiful girls. When Brooklyn is not at work she enjoys being with her family, creating crazy DIY projects for her husband, or taking a nap.