About Us
Meet The Team
Kate Etheridge
(previously Kathy Bruno)
Director and Speech Pathologist
Kate has worked as a speech pathologist in Cairns since 2000, after graduating from the University of QLD. She worked for the Department of Education in Cairns before commencing private practice in 2009.
Kate thoroughly enjoys her work with children and loves seeing the successes achieved by students. She is committed to working within best practice guidelines and maintains her skill-set by regularly attending conferences, workshops and ongoing professional development.
Ainjali Wong
Speech Pathologist
Ainjali is a Cairns local who studied her Bachelor of Speech Pathology at the University of QLD. She enjoys the challenge and the variety that private practice offers and loves getting to know the children and families who she works with.
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Ainjali is committed to extending her knowledge and is particularly interested in literacy and speech sound disorders.
Sam Quan
Speech Pathologist
Sam lives in Julatten and provides services in the Mossman, Julatten and Port Douglas areas, as well as the Redlynch clinic. She graduated from James Cook University in 2014 where she received the JCU academic medal and membership to the Golden Key International Honour Society.
Sam enjoys working together with children and their families to facilitate a learning environment where children can feel at ease in therapy and motivated to achieve their speech-language goals. Her areas of interest include motor speech disorders and phonological delays.
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Tylor Mollard
Occupational Therapist
Tylor made the move to Cairns from Perth in 2024, after graduating from Edith Cowen University and working in WA.
She is loving the Cairns lifestyle and plans to make this her permanent home.
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Tylor enjoys working with families to enhance the lives of children, and is committed to providing therapies that are neurodiversity-affirming.
Anna Jonsson
Early Childhood Teacher
Along with completing her Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education, Anna has completed a Graduate Certificate of Psychology, and is continuing her studies in Psychology. She brings with her vast knowledge from both her studies and life experiences.
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Anna enjoys working with nerurodiverse individuals to improve their inclusion, development and education, with the ultimate aim of maximising their participation as adult citizens of Australia.
Kristy Turner
Early Childhood Teacher
Kristy has many years of experience as an Early Childhood Teacher across Far North QLD, including Cooktown, Mareeba, Brinsmead, Smithfield and Edge Hill.
Kristy enjoys working individually with children and helping them to develop skills, as well as working within childcare and kindergarten settings to maximise their learning potential, social skills and emotional wellbeing in their everyday settings.
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Annie Lyons
Allied Health Assistant
Annie lives on the Atherton Tablelands and provides speech therapy services to children in Atherton, Malanda, Mareeba, Ravenshoe and Tolga. She has extensive experience working with children, as she has previously worked as an Early Childhood Assistant in Childcare Centres throughout the Tablelands.
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Annie's work is supervised by Kate Etheridge, who does the assessments and goal-setting for the students.
April Gibson
Receptionist
Peta Travers-Jones
Receptionist
April is currently studying her Masters in Speech Pathology online through Charles Sturt University. Originally from Canada, she completed a Bachelor of Health Sciences in Ottawa in 2007.
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April brings with her a vast range of skills that she is applying to her role at the clinic, whilst absorbing all that she can to improve her studies and maximise her learning for her future career as a speech pathologist.
As well as previous work experience as a receptionist, Peta has worked in childcare centres, both as an educator and a wildlife carer.
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Peta has extensive experience working with animals and has done things that many of our children dream of.
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Peta is excited to be back working with children, particularly those who face unique challenges.