Carolinda “Trini” Murphy

After graduating, Trini completed her clinical fellowship year at Riverside Community Hospital where she quickly became the primary therapist for the Acute Rehab Unit (ARU) and implemented weekly therapy groups, directed dysphagia, speech/language service programs, and successfully worked under a 75% productivity standard. She quickly realized however, that she missed the Pacific Ocean and relocated to San Diego, CA where she continued in the clinical setting at Scripps Memorial Hospital in the intensive care units, and various inpatient/outpatient units. In 2002, Trini left the clinical setting on a full-time basis to work with children with special needs in the San Diego Unified School District, and the Encinitas Unified School District. While there, she decided to embark on her adventure towards certification in Orofacial Myology. She organized and coordinated caseloads of 70+ students K-8 while also directing inservice programs for staff and parents in speech pathology.