About Us

  Shanan Villarreal is a Speech-Language Pathologist and co-owner of Arizona Advanced Therapy, LLC. Shanan attended Arizona State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences. She then continued her education at ASU and earned her master’s degree in Communication Disorders with an emphasis in Speech-Language Pathology.
 

Throughout her college years Shanan worked with children with special needs, specifically children with autism. She helped to develop and implement home programs containing Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Floortime, and other treatment techniques. As her career progressed she chose feeding therapy as her primary focus. Throughout Shanan’s career she has had the opportunity to 

attend training seminars related to feeding, teletherapy, Autism, Apraxia, oral placement and many other areas related to her field.
 therapies. 

  Nina Castillo is an Occupational Therapist and co-owner of Arizona Advanced Therapy, LLC.  Nina attended the University of California, Davis where she graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and a minor in Managerial Economics.  Nina then went on to earn her Master of Science Occupational Therapy from San Jose State University.  While at Davis, CA and at San Jose, CA, she developed and helped implement home programs based on Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) for children with autism throughout the two communities.

Nina has also attended several training seminars and is now certified in Kinesiotaping and Therapeutic  Listening.  She also has specialized training in sensory processing and feeding therapy.  Additionally, Nina has been an active member of the Arizona Occupational Therapy Association (ArizOTA).  In 2006 and 2009, ArizOTA recognized Nina as Occupational Therapist of the Year.  More recently Nina has held the positions of ArizOTA Conference Committee Chairperson, as well as ArizOTA Vice-President and President.