Mariana Lauretta

Mariana Lauretta is an experienced research assistant and educator with a strong background in speech pathology and genetic counseling. At the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Mariana holds roles as a research assistant and project officer within the Speech & Language group. Mariana is also a sessional lecturer at the University of Melbourne, where responsibilities include developing and delivering content related to genetics in speech pathology. Currently serving as an associate genetic counselor at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Mariana also contributes as an honorary speech pathologist at The Royal Children's Hospital. Previous work includes paediatric speech pathology at Sensational Kids and sales assistance at Peter Alexander. Mariana holds a Master of Genetic Counseling and a Master of Speech Pathology from the University of Melbourne, along with a Bachelor of Biomedicine.