My name is Kristen Whatley and I have been the Speech and Language Pathologist at Round Elementary School since 1995. I am originally from a small town in the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York. I earned my bachelor's and master's degrees in Speech Language Pathology from State University of New York (SUNY), College at Geneseo. I am nationally certified by the American Speech Language Hearing Association (ASHA) with a Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) and licensed by the Virginia Board of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology as a Speech Language Pathologist. I currently serve as the Lead SLP for Manassas City Public Schools. I have extensive experience working with students who receive speech and language therapy services to address their articulation, voice, fluency, receptive language, and/or expressive language skills. I am passionate about ensuring that all of our students have a way to functionally communicate whether verbally or through other communication modes. My husband, Joel, is a retired math teacher. We have two adult children, Daniel and Sarah. Joel and I enjoy reading, hiking, cooking, traveling, and spending time with our extended family.