Meet the Team
Play-based therapy, AAC support, and caregiver coaching.
Our mission is to help children communicate with confidence and give families clear strategies that carry over into everyday life.
Why Families Choose Lilypad
Lilypad was founded on a simple belief: speech therapy should feel supportive, empowering, and built for real life.
After more than a decade working with children and families across Long Island and Queens, I saw how much progress happens when therapy is child-led, parents are part of the process, and communication goals connect directly to everyday life.
That's why our team focuses on building meaningful relationships with children, partnering closely with caregivers, and creating therapy plans that fit the real world, not just the therapy room.
Today, every therapist at Lilypad shares that same commitment to connection, collaboration, and helping children communicate with confidence.
I started Lilypad Speech & Language Therapy because I wanted families to have access to speech therapy that feels supportive, practical, and built for real life, not just the therapy room.
For more than a decade, I've helped children across Long Island build communication skills through play-based, neurodiversity-affirming therapy. As both a speech-language pathologist and educator, I've seen firsthand that the biggest progress happens when children feel connected, parents feel empowered, and therapy fits naturally into everyday life.
That's why caregiver coaching is part of everything we do at Lilypad. My goal isn't just to help your child communicate more, it's to help your whole family feel confident supporting that growth long after the session ends.
Hi! I'm Lily
Masters in Speech Language Pathology from CUNY Brooklyn College.
Specialties: early language & intervention, articulation, fluency, pragmatics, gestalt language processing, and voice therapy
Trained: SpeakOut! & LSVT@LOUD
Loves to play guitar, workout, and go to the beach with her husband and daughter.
Lily Goldberg
Owner &
Speech Language Pathologist
Founded Lilypad Speech & Language Therapy, PLLC in 2022.
Nicole Wernert
Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Nazareth College.
Specialties: early language development, AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication), motor speech disorders and articulation disorders
Trained: PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets)
Is an avid reader, swimmer, and spends her time outside of speech playing with her two boys.
Speech Language Pathologist
Preeti Singh
Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Hofstra University.
Specialties: early language development, AAC (Augmentative & Alternative Communication), gestalt language processing, and fluency (stuttering) disorders.
She juggles (yes, really!!) works in a high school during the week, and loves to exercise.
Speech Language Pathologist
Lauren Mastrianni
Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Hofstra University.
Specialties: early language development, pragmatic language, articulation & phonology, motor speech disorders, and feeding therapy
Trained: PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets)
Loves to play with her three nephews, and spend time at home with her husband.
Speech Language Pathologist
Carly Wasserman
Masters in Speech Language Pathology from CUNY Queens College.
Specialties: early language development, pragmatic language, articulation & phonology, motor speech disorders, and feeding therapy
Trained: DIR/floortime trained
Likes to go to a good concert, especially Ed Sheeran!
Speech Language Pathologist
Marissa Verdi
Masters in Speech Language Pathology from Marywood University
Specialties: Feeding therapy, early language development, motor speech disorders & oral myofunctional therapy.
Trained: PROMPT (Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets), Oral myofunctional training, SOS Feeding Therapy
A team player that started an SLP book club!
Speech Language Pathologist
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