Barbara Fernandes

Barbara Fernandes, an award winning Brazilian American Speech-Language Pathologist, immigrated to the US as an adult monolingual Portuguese Speaker. She went on to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in her field, founding two businesses and revolutionizing her field with nearly seventy successful ed-tech product launches to date. As the founder and CEO of Smarty Ears, she is well known for her innovative and breakthrough product development that translates evidence-based practice...See more

Barbara Fernandes, an award winning Brazilian American Speech-Language Pathologist, immigrated to the US as an adult monolingual Portuguese Speaker. She went on to become one of the most successful entrepreneurs in her field, founding two businesses and revolutionizing her field with nearly seventy successful ed-tech product launches to date. As the founder and CEO of Smarty Ears, she is well known for her innovative and breakthrough product development that translates evidence-based practice into user-friendly technology. Through her dedication beyond creating these technologies, also educating fellow SLPs with courses that she led throughout the US, Barbara played a pivotal role in transforming an entire industry to adopt mobile technologies. As the founder of Smarty Symbols, Barbara created the most inclusive, diverse and comprehensive symbol library on the market that is disrupting the special education field by providing a platform for custom visual support creation.Foreword by Vicki Deal-WilliamsContributors: Maria Claudia FrancaDM (Anonymous contribution)Ebony GreenEnjoli RichardsonJamila Perry HarleyLeila RegioMai Ling ChanMichelle HernandezMichelle PosnerPelesia FieldsRamya KumarTamala ClosePang Tao MouaPhuong Lien PalafoxYarimar Díaz RodríguezYao Du See less