Becks von Duering (they/them), is the owner of Affirming Voice & Communication PLLC. Their private practice was created to expand voice and communication services by making services easier to access in Washington, Oregon, and Arizona. They have experience teaching in schools as an Elementary Education teacher and as a Speech Pathologist in an outpatient and acute care setting for Kaiser Permanente of Washington, where they were Clinical Lead for over 10 years. They are a member of Trans Voice Initiative and they are a SOC 8 Certified Mentor for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). Their specialties include voice and upper airway management, gender affirming voice modification, pre- and post- surgical care, Parkinson’s Voice, cognitive communication disorders, and swallowing/feeding disorders.