Kai (she/her) has been involved with the lab from its inception, initially as a volunteer for the Tweety Project during her undergraduate studies at UofT, where she majored in Linguistics and Psychology. Her academic journey within the lab progressed to a Master of Science. Currently, she is pursuing her PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences (SLP stream), with a collaborative specialization in neuroscience. 

Her doctoral research, conducted in collaboration with the Hospital for Sick Children, focuses on examining language and cognition in linguistically diverse children following a pediatric stroke, aiming to better understand the neurodiversity of bilingual development. Additionally, she is working on what language history tools are available for clinical use and how they are used as part of her thesis research.

Outside of lab, she is as also a teaching assistant. Reflecting the multilingual focus of the lab, her language collection continues to grow (including her heritage Cantonese, French, Spanish, Mandarin). 

Laura MacGrath joined the Bilingual and Multilingual Development Lab at the University of Toronto in September 2025.  Her research interests include literacy intervention and assessment for multilingual school-aged children.  With an educational background in speech-language pathology, linguistics, and music, she is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Science.  Laura holds a Master of Applied Science in speech-language pathology from McGill University and has 15 years’ experience as a school SLP in bilingual English-French public schools in and around Montreal.  She is an experienced lecturer and presenter, on the topics of literacy and child phonology.  Her goals include contributing to the advancement of evidence-based literacy instruction and intervention in schools, and the promotion of SLPs as key players in this endeavour.  Laura is fluent in English and French.  Outside of professional interests, she loves cycling, playing music, and sitting in the shade with a book.