Dr. Menendez is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland. She received her bachelors degree in Hearing and Speech Sciences, as well as her Clinical Doctorate in Audiology at the University of Maryland. She completed her clinical residency at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She currently teaches an elective Seminar in Cochlear Implants offered to undergraduates and masters of SLP students.