Our Vision
To enable every child and family to reach their full potential, no matter their starting point
Our Mission
To provide greater access to more effective speech and language therapy intervention through a family-centered approach that results in faster and continual progress
Leadership Team
A letter from our founders
We are from different worlds - one from medicine & public health and one from business & technology; one from the beautiful islands of Taiwan and New Zealand and the other from sunny California. This is not a story of romance, but of a journey to merge different expertise and passions together to solve world-size problems.
Inspired by how social enterprises can change the world using technology and market forces, we set out to create a world where families can better raise their next generation, as we were looking to start a family ourselves.
We saw that there was a huge problem that affects 1/6 children worldwide - developmental delays and the easily-missed intervention window to effectively catch up. Despite over three decades of research indicating that more parental involvement at an earlier age leads to faster, greater improvements in a child's developmental abilities, there was no easy way for parents to themselves learn about and take advantage of home intervention and its benefits. The issues are awareness, access and adaptivity.
As Harvard and MIT alum, with the common passion for scaling health through tech, we decided to take this daunting issue head-on. With a little magic and the combination of data science and expert insights, PenguinSmart was born!
We are thrilled to see the changes in our clients' lives, and appreciate the high satisfaction score of 9.5 out of 10 from families worldwide!
We are committed to bringing intelligent early intervention support to families worldwide, starting with speech & language therapy, and we hope you're ready to join us!
Sincerely,
Amy & Matt Kwok
Advisory Board
Our Advisory Board brings decades of experience across multiple industries
Early Intervention Clinical Advisor
Clinical Supervisor at California State University - East Bay; board-certified Behavior Analyst
Speech Therapy Advisor
AAC expert; Multicultural Affairs Committee member of American Speech & Hearing Association
Data Science Advisor
Associate Professor at Stanford University; serial tech entrepreneur
Tech Advisor
ML expert; serial tech entrepreneur with 6x successful exits, including 2 IPOs
What We Do
Our History
PenguinSmart was founded in 2017 in the US by Harvard and MIT alumni, Amy and Matt Kwok, who wanted to help children reach their full potential by overcoming speech and language delays through parent-led intervention. As part of the company’s growth and development, they have been a part of the Alchemist Accelerator in Silicon Valley, BE Health Accelerator in Taipei, and SparkLabs. To date, they have helped thousands of parents and their children across 26 cities worldwide. Most recently, Amy was a finalist in the "Top 100 Healthcare Visionaries"# on behalf of PenguinSmart.
Our Solution
PenguinSmart’s core solution, Parent Education Academy, is a fully online intervention support service to supplement pediatric speech and language therapy for the home. The program combines masterclasses and a modular training regimen into a step-by-step learning plan for parents. The program allows busy parents to learn at their own pace and implement tools/activities right into daily interactions in the home. Children, as a result, are more engaged and see faster progress than with clinician intervention alone.
PenguinSmart imagines a future with:
Early Identification
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Streamlined Pathways to needed care
Supported Parents and Families
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Continuous Learning & Innovation
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Finding Efficiencies
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