Dorothy graduated from Iona with a Bachelor of Arts in speech language pathology and audiology and furthered her studies by completing a Master of Science at Teachers College, Columbia University in speech language pathology. Dorothy is currently pursuing her PhD at Teachers College, where she is researching how children perceive a speech signal in noise when listening to different speaking styles. Prior to rejoining the Iona community in 2010, Dorothy was the speech language pathologist for an ASD Nest school for four years, where she provided parent workshops, school in-services, and other support services.