About Us

Research Assistants

 

Allie Manalo, B.A., holds a B.A. in Language, Speech, and Hearing Sciences with a minor in Linguistics from the University of South Florida. She is currently pursuing an M.S. in Speech-Language Pathology at the University of South Florida, where she also serves as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Bilingual Language and Literacy Lab. Her research interests include children's language and literacy development. She currently works on the BSF Project that examines language development and transfer in bilingual preschool-aged children.

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Aldo Di Miele Munoz is currently pursuing a B.A. in Psychology with a minor in Sociology at the University of South Florida. Originally from Venezuela, he has focused his studies on understanding human behavior and how social environments shape individual development. He’s currently part of SLICC, the Spanish Screener for Language Impairment in Children, a project that aims to support earlier and more culturally and linguistically appropriate identification of bilingual children who may benefit from further evaluation or intervention.