Dignity is not a reward.
It is a precondition.
The Search
Chose Me
Audrianna Strickland, MS, CCC-SLP, is a speech-language pathologist, writer, model, and creative thinker whose work explores the relationship between humanity, expression, dignity, identity, and meaning. Born in Mississippi and shaped by experiences across education, creativity, and neurodivergence, her work centers on a single powerful idea: human beings flourish when their humanity can be fully expressed through their lives.
She is the creator of The Search Chose Me, an evolving body of work exploring selfhood, expression, and the search for meaning, and the founder of Human Flourishing Theory, a philosophical framework examining how humanity becomes visible through voice, creativity, relationships, and lived experience.
Professional Experience
Speech-Language Pathologist
Lompoc High School · Lompoc, CA
2025 – Present
Provides individual and group therapy to high school students with communication disorders including articulation, speech-language impairments, pragmatic language deficits, and autism spectrum disorder. Conducts assessments and triennial re-evaluations in accordance with IDEA and California Education Code.
Speech-Language Pathologist
San Luis Obispo County Schools · CA
Summer 2025
Served high school and adult students with moderate to severe communication disabilities including autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disabilities, and complex language disorders. Supported transition and life-skills communication goals aligned with postsecondary readiness.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Kermit McKenzie Intermediate · Guadalupe, CA
2024 – 2025
Provided individual and group speech-language therapy to middle school students. Facilitated social skills groups to improve pragmatic language and trained staff on recognizing and supporting students with communication challenges.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Center for Autism Spectrum Disorder (CAST) · Culver City, CA
2021 – 2023
Provided early intervention services for children ages 0–3. Delivered parent training on increasing engagement and completed treatment and progress reports for local, state, and federal agencies.
Speech-Language Pathologist
Marshall Fundamental · Pasadena, CA
2019 – 2021
Developed and implemented individualized and group therapy for middle and high school students with language delays, articulation disorders, and autism spectrum disorders. Collaborated regularly with parents, teachers, and service providers.
Clinician, Autism Spectrum & Related Disorders Program
Pomona High School · Pomona, CA
2018 – 2019
Assessed and serviced students with mild, moderate, and severe autism. Provided clinical services across language disorders, articulation, fluency, pragmatic deficits, and intellectual disabilities. Participated in and implemented Individual Educational Programs (IEP).
Language Counselor
American Village in France · Côte d'Azur
2013
Provided English instruction to second language learners in an immersive residential program on the French Riviera.
Creative Work
Model
Independent · Los Angeles, CA
Ongoing
Commercial and editorial model based in Los Angeles. Past clients include Puma, Saint Heron / Solange, Coca-Cola, Parade, Parachute, iS Clinical, Beauty Beez, Haus Lab, Evamor, Lee Brennan Design, Mignon Faget, Krewe, Jess Leigh Jewels, Saint Claude, and Tomorrow and a Year.
Founder & Writer
Human Flourishing Theory · The Search Chose Me
Ongoing
Creator of a philosophical framework and essay series examining how humanity becomes visible through voice, creativity, relationships, dignity, and lived experience. Writes across philosophy, identity, neurodivergence, and the nature of meaning.
Conference Presenter & Researcher
MECA Conference · ASHA · McNair Schools Conference · Vanderbilt
2015 – 2018
Presented research on language, literacy, and communication at national and regional conferences including the Mississippi Early Childhood Alliance Conference, the ASHA Schools Connect Conference, the 17th Annual Health Disparities Conference, and the National McNair Schools Conference. Research topics included dialectal variation, preschool language enrichment, and supporting children with communication and sensory needs.
Grant Scholar
Project Access Grant · Jackson State University
2017 – 2018
Selected for a Personnel Preparation Grant designed to address the critical shortage of credentialed speech-language pathologists serving children with language and literacy disabilities from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.
Education
Master of Science, Communication and Disorders
Jackson State University · Jackson, MS
2018 · GPA 3.6
Bachelor of Arts, French & Communication Disorders
University of Southern Mississippi · Hattiesburg, MS
2015 · GPA 3.8
Most Outstanding Foreign Language Student Award · Leadership Scholarship · Abbey's Foreign Exchange Scholarship Recipient
Intensive French Language Studies
Université d'Orléans · Orléans, France
2013 · GPA 4.0
"My life's work is not centered on achievement, but on understanding what allows humanity to become visible."