Shelley is an Oregon Board and American Speech-Language-Hearing Association certified Speech-Language Pathologist. She began her career in 2005, serving children with speech and language disorders in the Eugene 4J School District. In 2015, she joined HEDCO's Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Specialty Clinic  In addition to supporting graduate students in the school setting and the HEDCO clinic, Shelley has supervised additional clinical projects, including the AAC Caregiver Support Group and Ducks in AACtion, a summer camp for AAC users and their families.