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Mona Oster is the Education and Research Director at Listen and Talk. She leads our preschool for children who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Mona Oster Ph.D., CED, LSLS cert. AVT

Education and Research Director


Mona Oster is the Education and Research Director at Listen and Talk. She leads our preschool for deaf and hard of hearing children.

Mona first joined Listen and Talk in 2004 after completing a masters in Early Intervention in Deaf Education at Fontbonne University in St. Louis, Missouri. She completed her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences at the University of Washington in 2018. Mona studied infant hearing development.

Mona is passionate about Listen and Talk’s vision: that no child is limited by hearing loss. Her teaching practices are focused on the development of the whole child. She focuses on auditory development as the foundation of learning. Mona strongly believes that parents are the most important teachers of their children.

For fun, Mona likes to read a good novel. She loves to explore Seattle and the beautiful Pacific Northwest with her husband and two sons.

Other Members

Ariele Matkov is a classroom coordinator and teacher of the deaf at listen and talk

Ariele Matkov

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Cass Fogelstrom, M.Ed, LSLS Cert. AVEd

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Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf
Maura Berndsen is the Executive Director at Listen and Talk and a teacher of the deaf

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Jenny Ignacio is a Teacher of the Deaf at Listen and Talk's Blended Classroom Preschool Program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. She has brown skin and dark hair and she is wearing a pink shirt.

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Matt Nutini

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Daniel Zeitler is a board member of Listen and Talk and an Otologist/Neurotologist & Skull Base Surgeon

Daniel Zeitler

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Arnold Morales

Board Member
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Deb Masters

Board Member
Mary Culp is an educational assistant at listen and talk who works with deaf and hard of hearing preschoolers

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Ellis Webb

Educational Assistant
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Monica Gustaveson

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Roxanne Chandler M.S., LSLS Cert. AVEd

Birth to Three Specialist
Christine Teteak the Therapy Coordinator for Listen and Talk's listening and spoken language therapy program. She is a white woman with brown hair and she is wearing a black shirt.

Christine Teteak MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

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Kora Lisak MS CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Birth to Three Specialist
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Olivia Ponzetti

Birth to Three Specialist
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Shelby Vincent

Birth to Three Specialist
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Kristin Wilson MA, CCC-SLP, LSLS Cert. AVT

Birth to Three Specialist
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Martina Farova

Office Manager and Bookkeeper
Margie Roe is an Educational Assistant at Listen and Talk's blended classroom preschool program for children who are deaf and hard of hearing. She is a white woman wearing glasses and a pink shirt. She has blonde hair.

Margie Roe

Educational Assistant
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Alice (Ally) Lewis

Educational Assistant
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Terri Jones

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Christie Rexroth is an Audiology Coordinator at Listen and Talk's Audiology program.

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Audiology Coordinator
Andrea Kayyali is the Audiology Technician at Listen and Talk's audiology center.

Andrea Kayyali

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Kim Hamren, M.Ed, CED, LSLS Cert. AVT.

Birth To Three Specialist
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Marybeth Fowler

Birth to Three Specialist
Meghan Trocinski is a birth to three specialist at listen and talk

Meghan Trocinski

Birth to Three Specialist
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Mark Fowler

Birth to Three Administrative Assistant
Kristin Hill is an Administrative Assistant at Listen and Talk. She is a white woman with blonde hair and she is wearing glasses.

Kristin Hill

Marketing and Communications Coordinator
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Latife Lacin

Development Coordinator
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Julie Russell

Development Assistant
Neesee Rowan is the office Adminstrator at Listen and Talk

Neesee Rowan

Office Administrator
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Danielle Clarkson

Educational Assistant
Sara Manning is a Listening and Spoken Language Therapist at Listen and Talk. She is a white woman with brown hair and she is wearing a black shirt.

Sara Manning

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