Malathy Venkatesh, PhD., CCC-SLP is an Assistant Professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Program at A.T. Still University’s Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS). She is an AMI Certified Montessori Practitioner for Dementia and Aging. Her interests include implementation of evidence-based person-centered approaches to improve quality of life. She is the Vice-president for Public Relations of the South Asian Caucus of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), Professional Development Manager of ASHA’s SIG 15 (Gerontology), and co-Chair, Medical committee of ArSHA.