Blanca Laura Vargas Narvaez M.S., CCC-SLP has been a Speech Language Pathologist for 11 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 14 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 6 years.

Rebekah Hughes is our patient care coordinator and she has been with 1st Choice Therapy for 6 years.

Monica Rodriguez is a graduate of Texas A&M International. She has been a speech language assistant with 1st Choice for 5 years and says the best thing about being a therapist is "loving the feeling when a child says his first word or when they can pronounce words correctly". She also loves motivating her patients daily!!!

Patty Gamboa Bates is a graduate of Laredo Community College and has been an occupational therapist assistant for 8 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 2 years, she loves being a PTA because she enjoys helping her "patients become more independent in their everyday lives".

Giselle Barrientos is a graduate of United High School and Our Lady of the Lake University. Giselle states: "I love to support children/patients as much as I can. My biggest goal is to make a difference in their lives as they do in mine. My greatest satisfaction is to see them succeed, meet their goals and move forward. They have a friend in me that can guide them to give the best of themselves."