About Us


Heather Caska, MS, CCC-SLP

Heather is a certified speech language pathologist and owner of HBC Language and Literacy. She has over 10 years of experience as a speech language pathologist. Heather is also the President of the Arizona Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Arizona and completed her Master's in Clinical Speech Language Pathology from Northern Arizona University. She has experience working with a variety of communication disorders; however, her true passion lies in working with children with dyslexia and their families and educating other SLPs on their role in early identification dyslexia.

Karina Kadhi, BS, SLPA


Karina is a licensed speech language pathology assistant and co-founder of Early Birds Learning Specialists. She earned a bachelors degree in Speech Language and Hearing Sciences from the University of Arizona, and has over 8 years of experience in pediatric speech and language intervention in both school and private settings. Karina specializes in early language and literacy intervention, as well as parent coaching for early language development.