Meet the Staff

Speech-Language Pathologist

Ms. Esses received her B.S./B.A. in Psychology and Advertising from Boston University and her M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology from Long Island University - Brooklyn Campus. She has been working with students on the Norman Thomas High School campus for almost two decades and has loved every minute of it. She has also had experience in writing copy for an advertising firm and in co-founding and running a small, gluten-free cookie company. Ms. Esses is passionate about her work with students and believes in a student-centered approach to therapy. She maintains that students must be active and motivated participants in their own educational process and that different students learn in individualized ways. Ms. Esses believes that students of ALL abilities have the potential to learn and to make meaningful and significant contributions to our society. In her free time, Ms. Esses enjoys spending time outdoors, running, yoga, baking, reading, and having living room dance parties with her two children and uncoordinated husband.