Meet our Speech Therapists
Ashtyn Mouton M.Ed., CCC- SLP
Owner & Speech Language Pathologist
Ashtyn Mouton, M.Ed.,CCC-SLP, is the owner of Simple Speech Therapy. She is a pediatric Speech Language Pathologist in the Central Florida area. She has been practicing as a SLP for over 10 years and has worked with children and adults of all ages in schools as well as skilled nursing facilities. She received her Certificate of Clinical Competence from the American Speech-Language Hearing Association in 2016. She graduated from Florida State University in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication Science and Disorders and graduated from Valdosta State University in 2015 with a Master of Education degree in Communication Disorders. Ashtyn is thrilled and motivated to be offering speech and language therapy to children in the Central Florida area. As a mom, she understands the importance of creating trusting relationships with people who engage with her child. She looks forward to building lasting relationships with her clients and their families.
Dr. Leesa Marante, Ph.D. , CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist & Lead SLP
Dr.Leesa Marante, Ph.D., CCC-SLP has been practicing as an SLP for about 8 years across multiple settings (schools, private practice, nursing homes, hospitals, etc.). She graduated with her master's degree in 2016 and with her Ph.D. in 2021 from Florida State University. Broadly, her research interests are centered around improving the
reading and writing outcomes of adolescents with developmental language disorder. She is also very passionate about helping herfellow SLPs avoid burnout in the school setting. After a few years in Austin, Texas, she is excited to be back in her home state of Florida. Her area of expertise is language and literacy, but enjoys treating
all areas of communication disorders. Her therapy approach is functional--meaning her main goal is to help make your child's meet their wants and needs as well as your family's needs. She enjoys making her therapy sessions engaging and fun for both the child and the parent.
As lead SLP at Simple Speech Therapy, Leesa supervises our CFYs and SLPAs, provides resources to support our therapists and leads social skills and parent support groups.
Rachel Estyl, M.S., CF-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Rachel Estyl, M.S., CF-SLP brings over four and a half years of experience as a SLPA across diverse settings, including home health, schools, private practice, and PPECs. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication Sciences & Disorders from the University of Central Florida in 2018, followed by her Master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Albizu University in 2024. She holds an Early Intervention certification, which shows her commitment to nurturing young children during crucial developmental stages. She has a deep passion for helping young ones thrive,and finds joy in watching them grow and achieve their communication goals. Her approach is centered on creating a warm, supportive, environment where children feel safe to express themselves. She is particularly passionate about providing parent training and support. Using play-based therapy techniques, sessions are engaging and enjoyable.When she is not serving families, she enjoys traveling with her husband and toddler, singing as a family, and baking chocolate chip cookies!
Katie Eagan, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Katie is from England and moved to Florida in 2005 to work in the UK Pavilion in Disney’s EPCOT. After working there for a year, she followed her American husband to Illinois (outside St. Louis, MO) where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology in 2011, and her Master’s of science degree in Speech Language Pathology in 2013 from Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville. She has worked in the local Champion’s Gate community as a speech-language pathologist since June 2013. She spent 8 years working as an SLP in the School District of Osceola County at two local
schools, and this is her third year working as a SLP at a local charter school in Polk County. Katie is trained in Orton Gillingham and LiPS for reading and spelling intervention. She is excited to work on your team with you and your child, and to work on whatever aspects of communication is important to you and your family. She has experience with beginning communicators just learning to communicate, children learning to be more intelligible through learning new speech sounds, children with fluency (stuttering) difficulties, to children who are learning to read and understand classroom texts.
Becky Pulak, M.S., CCC-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Becky is from Illinois and moved to Florida during the summer of 2023. She received her Bachelors in Speech Language Pathology at Elmhurst University in 2007 and her Masters in Communication Sciences and Disorders from Saint Xavier University in 2009. She has been a SLP for 15 years. She spent 14 of those years in the same school district in Illinois helping children improve their communication skills. She enjoys building positive relationships, learning about her students, and seeing the great progress they can make! Aside from being a SLP, she loves animals and Disney! She looks forward to helping your child improve their speech and language skills!
Hayley York, B.S., SLP-A
Speech Language Pathology Assistant
Hayley earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Language Pathology from Buffalo State University. During her studies, she gained valuable experience supporting communication development in educational and clinical settings. She has experience in the private practice and PPEC settings. She believes therapy should be fun, engaging, supportive and tailored to each child’s unique needs. By incorporating play and evidence based strategies, Hayley strives to create positive learning experiences that help children grow in confidence and communication.
Maddie Bearden M.S., SLP-A; CF-SLP
Speech Language Pathologist
Madeline Bearden earned her Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology from Jacksonville University in 2025, following a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Sciences and
Disorders from the University of South Florida in 2023. During graduate school, she gained experience in various environments such as inpatient, acute care, academic settings, and private
practice. While pursuing her master’s degree, she provided direct support and therapy working as a Speech-Language Pathology Assistant (SLPA) in a pediatric private practice, where her passion
for working with children deepened. Madeline especially enjoys supporting children with receptive and expressive language delays, childhood apraxia of speech, stuttering, those who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), and a variety of other communication needs. She is committed to providing individualized, compassionate care that helps every child build confidence in their communication skills.
Outside of the clinic, Madeline enjoys spending time with friends and family, reading a good book, and watching the sunset.
Renee Holt, B.S., SLP-A
Speech Language Pathology Assistant
Renee Holt earned her Bachelor of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of South Florida, where she built a solid foundation in child development, speech sound disorders, and language acquisition. Renee has experience in both school and home health settings, supporting children with a wide range of needs. As a vocalist and music educator, she enjoys incorporating music, rhythm, and singing into therapy to spark expressive language, support articulation, and make learning feel natural and joyful. With an encouraging, family-centered approach, Renee partners closely with children and their families to strengthen communication and meaningful daily connections.Outside of work, Renee cherishes cozy, music-filled days with her husband and daughter and loves traveling to gymnastics meets to cheer on their daughter and share meaningful family moments
Meet our Music Therapist
Gabrielle (Gaby) Hicks graduated with her bachelor’s degree in music therapy from Illinois State University in 2019 and completed her internship at Midwest Music Therapy Services in St. Louis, Missouri. She obtained her MT-BC credential in 2020 and has experience working in many different settings. Gaby began her career in private practice working with young children all the way up to older adults with diagnoses of Autism, Down Syndrome, Angelman syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and more. She currently works full time at Vitas Hospice working with patients with terminal diagnoses such as cerebral atherosclerosis, COPD, heart failure, etc.
Gabrielle Hicks, MT-BC
Gaby moved to Davenport with her husband and daughter in April 2024 for hernew job with Vitas as well as her lifelong dream to live close to Disney World.Outside of work, Gaby enjoys traveling, going to Disney, karaoke, and playing withher 2 year old daughter.
Gaby would like parents to know that music therapy can be used to address avariety of goals with their children. She can work hand in hand with speech andoccupational therapy to reinforce goals they are working on in these therapies byusing music as a different and unique approach. When you think about learningyour ABC’s, how do you typically learn? To music of course! Everyone knows theABC song. This is one simple example of how music can be used to reinforceimportant information to make it easier for children to obtain.
Gaby will use client preferred music along with many different instruments such as drums, tambourine, ukelele, guitar, keyboard, shakers, xylophone, boom whackers, rain sticks, and more to find what works best for your child to create the most productive environment for them. She will take the goals your child has in other therapies as well as any other goals parents would like to have addressed and use music as a new approach to these goals. Music activates a different part of the brain making it easier for right brained individuals to obtain information through music or a musical approach. By involving your child in music therapy, they will have the opportunity to address their speech or other goals through singing, instrument play, improvisation, songwriting, and movement to music.
Meet our Occupational Therapy Team
Julie Lozada, OTR/L
Occupational Therapist
Julie Lozada, OTR, Simple Speech Therapy's occupational therapist, graduated from Keiser University in Fort Myers, Florida with her Masters Degree in Occupational Therapy. She has worked in pediatrics since 2017 within various settings that include home health, outpatient clinic, schools, and daycares. She is passionate about working with children of all ages to achieve the skills necessary to become as independent as possible!
Our Occupational Therapy services will include an individualized assessment to help identify your child’s areas of strengths and opportunities to create a custom treatment plan. Treatment sessions can focus on self care skills, fine motor, gross motor, sensory integration, feeding therapy, handwriting, and play skills through fun and meaningful activities!
Megan Duncan COTA/L
Occupational Therapy Assistant
Meet our Director of Operations
Cam Mouton, JD
Cam Mouton, JD, is the Director of Business Operations for Simple Speech Therapy. In his role, Cam manages the day to day operations of running the business aspects of Simple Speech Therapy. Cam is a graduate of Florida State University and he subsequently attended and graduated from the DePaul University College of Law in Chicago, Illinois. He has a passion for helping children in the local community as he serves as a High School Baseball Coach at Lake Nona High School. Cam is excited to continue to grow Simple Speech Therapy in a way that will allow access to needed services for more families in our community. Cam is married to Ashtyn Mouton, the founder of Simple Speech Therapy and together, they share two daughters!
Megan is a certified Occupational Therapy Assistant who graduated from Polk State College in 2019. She has dedicated her career to pediatrics working with children of all ages in ABA clinics. home health. and outpatient settings. Megan is passionate about helping each child reach their fullest potential y building skills for independence through creative, engaging and meaningful activies. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, spending time with her family, and playing pickleball.
