Lily Nuñez-Payano

Lily Nuñez-Payano is a nationally certified bilingual speech-language pathologist with over thirteen years of experience providing speech-language therapy to linguistically diverse children of all ages and abilities. She’s worked across multiple settings, including early intervention, school settings, outpatient rehabilitation clinics, and international education centers. Lily earned her Master’s degree in Bilingual Speech-Language Pathology from Teacher College, Columbia University, and obtained her bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from CUNY Lehman College in the Bronx, NY. She owns and founded Bilingual Speech Connections, a private practice that provides individualized services in English and Spanish throughout New York. Her specialty is working with bilingual children in early intervention through school age, with autism spectrum disorders, expressive/receptive language disorders, learning disabilities, literacy delays, social language impairments, and articulation disorders. She also specializes in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC). When she isn't treating patients, Lily's primary interests are maintaining bilingualism in her community and traveling.