Dr. Kyomi Gregory is an Assistant Professor at Pace University in the Communication Sciences and Disorders department. Her undergraduate degree major was in Communication Sciences and Disorders and she completed a double minor in Black Studies and Linguistics from SUNY-New Paltz. She obtained her master’s degree at University of Buffalo and her PhD from Louisiana State University. For her dissertation she examined assessment of children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds that speak non-mainstream dialects such as African American English and Southern White English and explored the use of teacher ratings. She has been a practicing speech-language pathologist for the last 14 years working with both children and adults. Dr. Gregory worked for the New York City Board of Education in Brooklyn, New York prior to entering her PhD program. She is currently the member at large for the coordinating committee for SIG 1, Language Learning and Education. In addition, she currently serves on the board of directors for the National Black Association of Speech-Language Hearing (NBASLH) and she is the topic area expert in non-mainstream dialects, cultural humility, and awareness for The Informed SLP.