Personal Narrative: My Interview With Kwyn Moffit

For my report I interviewed Kwyn Moffit at Speech Path Ohio in Lancaster, Ohio. It was a vary interesting interview and it helped open my eyes to some of the joys and challenges of being a SLP. One of things that I found particularly interesting about my interview with Kwan Moffit, was that she did not start out wanting to pursue a carrer in Speech Pathology. In fact, during her interview Ms. Moffit informed me that she had obtained her undergraduate in English literature and Genetics. It was not until she was working as a grant writer at Ohio State University with the head of neurology that she really became interested in Speech Language Pathology.
She went back to school and graduated from Ohio State University with an MA in Speech Pathology. …show more content…
When asked what some of her favorite classes were in Graduate school she said ,“ I always found swallowing to be of particular interest.” I commented in agreement with her on the interest of swallowing disorders and how so many factors could have a direct effect on the swallowing mechanism of the patient. She also informed me that it was this interest in graduate school that lead to her specialized area. Ms. Moffit specializes in working with people who suffer from swallowing and speech disorders because of cancer. In addition, I wanted to find out what she thought of the application process of getting into graduate school and what kind of tips she had for someone looking to move into this profession. …show more content…
Moffit how she saw the job outlook for anyone looking to move into this profession. In response, she made a point of saying that there are a number of job opportunities open to graduates who are entering the field. However, it is competitive and being willing to continualy expand your knowledge and try new techeaques will greatly increases the opportunity’s on the job market in this field. She left me with a quote that I really like and that was “A good career in SLP is like a strong tree, you get your roots deep in the ground early and then you can grow from that into a strong base and begin to branch out once you are ready.” This quote really stuck with me and the fact that she herself did not start her growing process in CSD but in genetics. Goes to show that it really is a strong root system that makes the tree and not necessarily the ground its planted