"I'm a Speech Pathologist." "So you teach people how to talk?" No. Sit back for a moment and let me tell you what a Speech-Language Pathologist pours their heart into day after day... We help a person, whose brain can no longer send the correct signals to produce basic sentences, answer the simplest of questions so he can participate in social activities with others. We teach memory strategies to someone with dementia so she can remember the names of her grandchildren. We help a child on the autism spectrum with their social skills, in the hopes that the bullying will stop and they will make one friend before the end of the school year. We rehab someone's swallowing muscles so they can have a sip of their tea, because it is their absolute favorite. We give hope to the parents who have finally accepted their child is delayed, after the doctor repeatedly tells them he is just a late talker. We teach someone with new cochlear implants how to communicate