Cecilia Tello Espejo, MS, SLP

Cecilia is a wife, a mother, and a bilingual (Spanish-English) Speech-Language Pathologist. She sees patients from birth through adult ages. Her practice includes evaluations and treatments for speech, language, social, and cognitive communication disorders. She specializes in treating patients within the Autism Spectrum Disorder. She has treated clients in a variety of settings including home based early intervention, schools, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and clinics.

Cecilia has experience working with children with articulation, language, voice, fluency, feeding/swallowing, apraxia, and pragmatics disorders. Additionally, she has provided skilled therapy to adults with aphasia, dysphagia, fluency, cognitive communication disorders, apraxia, and dysarthria. She also has experience with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).

Cecilia’s mission is to empower her patients by giving them the tools, techniques, and strategies to be effective communicators. She collaborates with parents and/or caregivers to address carryover and generalization of skills and creates a comfortable learning environment where patients feel empowered and motivated.

New York, Florida (Telehealth Only)

Please contact your insurance carrier to verify prior authorization is not required under your policy for this type of service. This must be obtained prior to starting any speech and language pathology care. You may submit a benefits inquiry form or contact [email protected]

Cigna, Aetna

This provider is not currently enrolled with Medicare, Medicare Replacement, or Medicare supplement plans and therefore will not be able to see patients with these benefits. By scheduling an appointment, you attest that you do not have Medicare and understand that this provider is unable to see patients with Medicare/Medicare Advantage/Medicare Replacement benefits, regardless of willingness to pay cash.

Provider is out of network with United Healthcare, Optum, and all associated networks. Please complete a benefits inquiry form to see if you have out of network benefits that will cover her services.

If this clinician is licensed in your state they are able to accept your insurance if you are insured by any one of the following:
- Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
- Catholic Diocese of Arlington, Virginia
- Catholic Diocese Of Wichita, Kansas
- Christendom College
- Christian Brothers Ministry Services Plan
- Diocese of Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Medi-Share

Tricare: Effective Jan 1, 2025, Tricare has switched region allocation for several states. We are currently re-evaluating each of our provider's certification status for Tricare Select and will update profiles as we have confirmed status. Please check back for updates.

Services deemed medically necessary by a physician at MyCatholicDoctor may be covered by your insurance. Network coverage is determined by your referring physician’s participation. All other services are eligible for our Self-Pay Discounted Rates.

• Evaluation and Treatment of Pediatric and Adult Populations
• Speech, Language, Social, and Cognitive Communication Disorders
• Bilingual Therapy
• Autism Therapy
• Parent/Caregiver Training & Consultation