Mission / Vision / History

Our Mission


To improve educational and living standards for people with different abilities by:

  • Providing individualized, multimodality therapy services
  • Creating effective strategies to engage students, staff, and families in productive life long learning
  • Empowering, validating and encouraging family members and significant others to be confident advocates
  • Provide cutting-edge professional development and training for clinicians as well as parents/caregivers
  • Provide support to families/significant others and staff of organizations

Our Vision

To be a world-wide company that develops and implements diverse therapeutic/educational programs, for students of different language and cultural backgrounds and to help people with different abilities to achieve their full potential, minimizing challenges and obstacles in their lives.


Our History

Bilingual Multicultural Services Inc. (BMSI) began in 1992 with a vision of wanting to support parents who have a family member with a different ability. The company has grown from one to over 100 team members in the areas of Speech-Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Diagnostics, Social worker, family service coordinator, developmental specialist, music therapist, nutritionist, Alternative healer, sign language interpreters, deaf and Hard of hearing consultants, Infant Massage, and Infant Mental Health. BMSI has created long, respected, and well-established working relationships with many school districts, agencies, and communities throughout the state of New Mexico. Through hard work and dedication, BMSI has grown to be one of the largest therapy companies of its kind in New Mexico.


BMSI provides assessments and therapeutic services from birth through end of life in home, schools, and at community and workplace. We pride ourselves in supporting the academic achievement of the children in the school districts. We help our clients to understand that differences are not always disorders and it is okay to be different.


Special programs


Weekend Retreats for families


BMSI special projects

Project CIERA (Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement)

Promoting early literacy in young children

Project TALES (Talking About Life Experiences through Stories)

Project BRIDGE (Building Reading Instruction in Diverse Groups in Education)

Project PLAY (Play and Language, Attunement for young Children)


BMSI ongoing activities

Reading Camps

International outreach

Trainers of trainers


Awards Received

2019      Latin Maya Awards / Premios Maya - Bolivia

2019      US Department of Labor – Highest award given to a civilian.

2011      ASHA - Certificate of Recognition for Special Contribution in Multicultural Affairs

2009      ASHA Diversity Champion – recognition of the work with Native Americans


Volunteer Work

 2016 - 2019   Ad Hoc Chair ASHA-PAHO for Paraguay

 2013 - 2019   ASHA SIG 17 committee member

 2001 - cont.  Mission in Bolivia – Trainer of Trainers - Developing and implementing language acquisition, autism awareness programs