Judy Damian is the second Filipino to obtain the Bachelor of Science degree in Speech Pathology (cum laude) from the University of the Philippines, School of Allied Medical Professions (now known as UP CAMP) in 1984. After graduating, she taught SP courses in UP for one year and then left for the United States to pursue her post-graduate studies. She obtained her Master of Science degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Boston University, Sargent College of Rehabilitation in Boston, Massachusetts in 1987. She completed her CFY in New Medico Head Injury Systems in Lynn, Massachusetts and obtained her Certificate in Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology (CCC-SLP) as a board certified member of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) in 1988.

Judy is a California-licensed Medical Speech-Language Pathologist with 32 years of extensive experience in adult rehabilitation in direct patient care and management in a variety of health care settings such as acute hospitals, outpatient clinics, rehab centers, and skilled nursing facilities. She has specialties in gerontology, adult dysphagia, and adult neurogenic cognitive-communication disorders. She is a registered MBSImp Clinician©TM with expertise in Videofluoroscopic Swallowing Study (Modified Barium Swallowing Studies) and a certified VitalStim® therapy provider of Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for the treatment of dysphagia. She is also a Certified Dementia Practitioner® and a Certified LSVT LOUD® Clinician (Lee Silverman Voice Treatment). Judy has provided clinical teaching, supervision, and mentoring to graduate SLP students and ASHA Clinical Fellows in Massachusetts and California. She has presented educational sessions to other healthcare professionals and physicians on varied topics related to adult dysphagia and cognitive-linguistic deficits in the USA and locally.

Judy currently serves as the Chair of the Department of Speech Language Pathology at the College of Rehabilitation Sciences in the University of Santo Tomas. She teaches undergraduate courses in adult language disorders, diagnostics, and healthcare in SLP. She is also currently pursuing her PhD in Philippines Studies in the University of the Philippines Diliman.