Jenny has qualified with a Bachelor of Arts, a Higher Diploma in Linguistics and a postgraduate qualification in Speech and Language Therapy from Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.

Upon graduating, Jenny worked in private practice before relocating to Australia where she worked within the schooling system for 5 years. Since returning home, Jenny has become a mother twice over and has worked with a charity supporting adults and adolescents with Autism, before setting up Jenny Hillier, Speech Therapy Services.

As a school-based Speech Pathologist in Australia, Jenny helped develop early years literacy programmes, provided teacher training during staff meetings and whole class teacher modelling as well as individual student support.

Within the adolescent and adult support services for Autistic and neurodivergent individuals, Jenny worked both directly with clients and indirectly with staff to identify the most effective ways for each person to communicate.

Jenny now runs her own private practice supporting children from birth to 18 years, with a keen interest in early intervention. Jenny is also Founder of The Speech Monsters puppet range, designed to support speech, language and phonics and is Co-Creator of Rubens Baby educational dolls, as featured on RTE’s Drivetime.