Associate Professor Ellen C. Mareneck, MFA, MA, CCC-SLP has been on the faculty of the Communication Arts & Sciences Department at Bronx Community College for 20 years. She earned her Masters degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Lehman College in 2012 and has been a practicing speech therapist for 10 years. Ellen graduated from Brown in 1979 and went on to earn her MFA in Acting at Brandeis in 1983. Throughout her life, she has worked as a professional actress in New York City and regionally. As her career spans acting, teaching, and speech therapy, Ellen brings her unique skills to the increasing needs of the neurodiverse student population in the CUNY system and beyond. Her development of this concise yet expansive workshop will help realize the goals of CUNY to be an inclusive school for all.