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  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #7

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #7

    Our parents are deaf. So actually mom made me go to the local school when I was in grade school and interpret for the deaf students.

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    October 2, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #6

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #6

    What is your name? I wish to remain anonymous. What did you want to be when you grew up? Wife and mother. Does your childhood career goal now affect your interpreting in any way? Do they overlap, “speak” to each other, or are they completely separate? Yes. I have to avoid the helper role as…

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    September 25, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #5

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #5

    For me, the connection lies in my comfort with unpredictability.

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    September 18, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #4

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #4

    I run a homeopathic support group in ASL and interpreters are a part of it

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    September 11, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #3

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #3

    “…she suggested I become an interpreter, and I didn’t even know what that was.”

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    September 4, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #2

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #2

    “I actually don’t have any Interpreter friends or interpreting colleagues.”

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    August 28, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #1

    The Interpreter Perspective: Guest #1

    “… I wanted to be a clown-dancer-lawyer.”

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    August 21, 2025
    Interpreter Perspectives
  • How do I get that lady out of my YouTube?

    How do I get that lady out of my YouTube?

    Honor and support the time, talents, and wisdom of the Deaf community.

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    July 15, 2025
    Learn Something New
  • The last days of my ITP, graduation, and celebrating the Deaf community

    The last days of my ITP, graduation, and celebrating the Deaf community

    On Sunday, April 13th, I thought I was taking a local St. Louis, Missouri, interpreter out to lunch as a thank you to her for all the time she’s invested in me. When I arrived, she was there holding a big rainbow balloon. For me. And said not everyone was there yet. And people kept…

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    May 20, 2025
    Reflection
  • The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL

    The Hidden Treasure of Black ASL

    I’ve created a video with the highlights from the textbook The Hidden Treasures of Black ASL, including a PowerPoint. Enjoy! *The QR code got cut off in my video, but you can access the link it goes to here.

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    May 5, 2025
    Books and Authors, Learn Something New
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