Game Designers
Naomi Edmonds is a retired elementary school educator and public school speech therapist. She is a mother of two, a grandmother of four, and the wife of a neurodevelopmental pediatrician. Naomi is an avid word game player who enjoyed creating games for her students during her teaching career. She is one of the owners of Mindfull Corporation. Kristin Edmonds, M.M., M.A., CCC is a speech pathologist in private practice in St. Louis, Missouri. She has worked as a voice therapist, pediatric speech pathologist and accent modification specialist. Before embarking on a career in speech pathology, Kristin had a performance career as a classical singer, and taught voice to students at The New England Conservatory of Music and the University of Connecticut. She continues her artistic pursuits as a part-time instructor of voice and vocal techniques at Webster and Maryville Universities, where she trains performing artists, voice teachers and music therapists.
Her interest in designing educational games began while she was working as a pediatric speech pathologist at Braintree Hospital in Braintree, MA. There she gave seminars on using games and songs with speech pathology clients. As a parent of an academically gifted child and a musically gifted child with learning disabilities, Kristin has personal experience using music and games to increase student motivation and learning.