Our Team

Savi Hamal is the founder of Savi Communicators, a practice dedicated to empowering children and adults who have difficulties with communication to find their voice and participate meaningfully in the community.

She works collaboratively with a wide range of health professionals to advocate for orofacial myology, communication and feeding difficulties. Currently on her own orofacial myology journey, Savi understands firsthand the impact oral dysfunctions can have. This lived experience fuels her passion for addressing the root cause of challenges not just the symptoms and for educating others about the importance of early, functional intervention.

Savi speaks English, Nepali and Hindi, allowing her to connect with individuals and families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

A key goal for Savi is to advocate for and educate the community on celebrating each individual’s differences. She began this mission by becoming an active member of the Nepalese Australian Allied Health Professionals Association (NAAHPA), where she has served on the National Executive Team since 2023. She also represents NAAHPA as a spokesperson. Through this role, Savi is able to raise awareness about the acceptance of all disabilities and highlight the value of speech pathology services in Nepal, for both families and health professionals.

She is inspired by the words of Robert M. Hensel: “There is no greater disability in society than the inability to see a person as more.”

Savi has recently taken on a new role as a Clinical Educator for the University of Sydney and Charles Sturt supervising speech pathology students through placement opportunities.

Outside of work, Savi enjoys spending time with her two cats, Cupcakes and Muffinsa and fiancé, creating content online, and embracing new adventures.

Roisin is a warm and compassionate Speech Pathologist and disablity support worker.

After studying Roisin began working in a paediatric clinic seeing clients of a range of ages mostly working on speech, language and social communication. She then sought additional training in Gender affirming voice therapy providing services over Telehealth. Roisin took a break from practice due to illness in the family and spent some time travelling. Upon returning she has been doing disability support work, typically with adults, assisting in tasks of daily living. She believes in neurodiverse affirming practice and is a proud advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community.

Outside of work, Roisin enjoys expressing herself creatively through singing, dance, art and writing.

Ellie is an enthusiastic Speech Pathologist dedicated to neurodiverse affirming, holistic and person-centred care.

With a strong foundation in evidence-based practice and clinical reasoning, Ellie brings a compassionate, client-centred approach to her work. Her experience spans acute and rehabilitation settings, private practice, community health and aged care, with a particular interest in dysphagia and feeding, cognitive-communication disorders, developmental communication disorders and AAC across the lifespan. She is committed to culturally responsive practice and works closely with families and multidisciplinary teams to ensure meaningful outcomes.

Ellie is dedicated to reflective practice and ongoing professional development, continually refining her skills through supervision and structured learning. She brings warmth, clarity, and adaptability to her work, ensuring that communication and mealtimes are safe, functional, and meaningful while endeavouring to meet client and family goals.

Outside of work, Ellie enjoys spending time with friends and family, painting, drawing, and exercising.

Alvina is our Allied Health Therapy Assistant, and office administrator. She is currently in the final year of her Masters in Speech Pathology and is dedicated to providing holistic care that honours and adapts to the unique goals, strengths and interests of her clients.

Alvina brings warmth and positivity to each of her clients, while ensuring an evidence-based approach to the implementation of her therapy. She is experienced in strengthening the functional communication of children and teaching the use of AAC such as LAMP.

Through continued supervision and guidance, she is keen to continue building her knowledge, skills and scope of practice into areas such as stuttering, voice therapy and the treatment of motor speech and swallowing disorders.

In her free time, Alvina enjoys spending time with friends and family, taking care of her pets, baking, reading, dancing and travelling.

Nethmi is our Allied Health Assistant and office administrator. She is currently in her third year of her Bachelor of Speech Pathology degree and is passionate about providing neurodiversity-affirming, person-centred care.

Nethmi speaks both English and Sinhalese, allowing her to connect with individuals and families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds.

Nethmi is dedicated to creating a supportive and positive environment in her client centred care, and is continuously seeking feedback to continuing building upon her clinical skills. She has gained valuable experience through student placements in early language, literacy, and fluency clients as well as adults with acquired brain injuries.

In her free time, Nethmi enjoys to dance, sew, travel and spend time with her loved ones.