Just the facts:BIO in ASL: https://youtu.be/xK0hONL8MKg27+ years experience as a certified interpreterCurrently working as an access coordinator, making NDC's work and media accessible!BEI Master; RID CI and CT; BEI CourtBA in Human Resources Counseling with the Deaf; Interpreting minorInterpreted in a wide array of settings: high-stakes executive business meetings, medical appointments, job training, technical workplace, staff meetings, interviews, platform interpreting, film projects, conferences, mental health counseling, education, court/legal and more. About me:I can hardly believe that I've surpassed my 25th year interpreting! As a child, I watched my hearing parents interacting with the Deaf community in Arkansas.Attending East Central University proved to be a perfect move for me. I was immersed in American Sign Language within the amazing community near the Oklahoma School for the Deaf and earned my bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Counseling for the Deaf with a minor in interpreting.While still a student, I was first certified by the state of Oklahoma in 1995. I went on to receive the highest certification awarded in that state, as well as an NAD Level IV within my first 4 years of interpreting professionally. In 2001, I earned both my Certificate of Interpretation and Certificate of Transliteration (CI/CT) from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID). In 2016, I finally tipped my hat to the state I now call home and received a Master level certificate from the Board of Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI) along with court certification in 2022.I am now full time at the National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes at the University of Texas Austin, coordinating access, from arranging access providers to coordinating voiceovers, audio, descriptions and captions for video content.