Blanca Laura Vargas Narvaez M.S., CCC-SLP has been a Speech Language Pathologist for 14 years. She is a graduate of J.B Alexander High School, Texas Tech University and Texas State University. She enjoys being a therapist because "it's amazing to see a child develop his/her skills when given just a little extra help".

Magali Castaneda OTR, is a graduate of Zapata High School and The University of Texas Pan AM. She has been an occupational therapist for 17 years and says that the best part of being an OTR is "Helping people become independent in their daily life".

Irene Vera is our office manager. She is a graduate from Martin High School and has been our office manager for 9 years.

Rebekah Hughes is our patient care coordinator and she has been with 1st Choice Therapy for 9 years.

Patty Gamboa Bates is a graduate of Laredo Community College and has been an occupational therapist assistant for 11 years! She loves being an occupational therapist because she enjoys having the AWESOME "opportunity to see patients develop physically, mentally, and emotionally!"

Leslie Marin is our physical therapy assistant and she is a graduate of Martin High School and Laredo Community College. She's been a therapist for 5 years, she loves being a PTA because she enjoys helping her "patients become more independent in their everyday lives".