Healthcare Heroes: Emily Gorden

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc.  Say hello to one of our local healthcare heroes, Emily Gorden! Gorden is a Board Certified Music Therapist at Big Bend Hospice, serving the counties of Jefferson, Madison and Taylor. She has worked full-time for Big Bend Hospice for nearly a year, though she has about a year and a half of total experience with the company, since she also completed her internship there. Though she now works in our local communities, Gorden is originally from Texas and has lived in Tallahassee since 2022.  Gorden describes music therapy as “the use of musical tools and intervention to accomplish non-musical goals.” In hospice, it is used to improve quali