Hello! I’m Morgan Mayer, a first year at The Ohio State University. I’m a Speech and Hearing Science Major and plan to get my masters in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology. I want to be a speech therapist at an elementary school in my hometown. I am from the Cincinnati area and have two younger sisters. A fun fact about me is that I traveled to Italy the summer before my senior year of high school for a school trip. I am involved in the Advocates for Communities and Education Scholars and frequently volunteer in the Ohio State community, Columbus community, and at the ACES Food Panty. I work at Sloopy’s Diner and enjoy watching Netflix, shopping, listening to music, traveling, and napping.

When first deciding on what I wanted to pursue in college, I had no idea what I wanted to be. At a young age, I wanted to be a veterinarian. I loved helping animals and taking care of them. As I got older, I realized that I enjoyed helping other people. I liked knowing I helped improved someone’s mental, emotional, or physical state, so is started looking at becoming a therapist of some sort. I began by looking at becoming a physical therapist or occupational therapist. I shadowed a few different people and enjoyed observing and seeing what they did on a daily basis. However, I could not picture myself doing that someday and enjoying it. During my senior year of high school, I decided to shadow a speech therapist and instantly fell in love with the profession. The way you were able to connect with the students and help improve their day while also helping them learn to say words correctly was incredible. I had an instant connection with the field and wanted to join it. I also loved all of the different opportunities in the field. You do not just have to work in schools, you can work in nursing homes, in hospitals, for private practices, etc. This offers a lot of freedom and possibilities once joining the field. I knew in that moment that I wanted to become a speech therapist.