Christina Blomquist is an MA/PhD student in Speech-Language Pathology in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland-College Park. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Jan Edwards and Dr. Rochelle Newman. Her primary research interests focus on language and literacy development, specifically the relationship between the development of language processing and reading acquisition. Her current research project is investigating how children with cochlear implants process language, including their ability to predict upcoming words in spoken language. Christina earned her B.A. in Speech and Hearing Science and Psychology from the University of Iowa.