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EMPLOYMENT
1989-Present
Self-Employed
ASL/English Interpreter
Chicago, IL
California, Michigan, Oregon, Washington, DC
International Interpreting: Hungary, England
Trilingual Interpreting: New York and Israel
Interpreting Specializations:
Psychology, Linguistics, Graduate level Research Methods
Judaism
Eastern Spirituality
2019-2020
Adjunct Faculty at Columbia College Chicago
Taught Consecutive Interpreting
2015-2019
Coordinator of ASL Interpreting and Staff Academic Interpreter
University of Chicago
2009-2012
Video Relay Service Interpreting at Purple
1995-2015
Shiatsu Practitioner
AIDS Alternative Health Project
Urban Oasis Spa
Private Practice
1992-1993
Coordinator of Interpreting Services
Chicago Hearing Society
1988-1989
Research Assistant, Gallaudet University
Transcription and Analysis of Academic ASL Interpretations
1987-1988
Assistant House Manager, Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, MA
Case Management, Daily Living Skills, Medication Disbursement, Advocacy
1986-1987
Volunteer
Afula, Israel
Hebrew and Academic Tutoring and Support, Cultural Activities
With recent Ethiopian Immigrants
1984-1985
Research Assistant, International Seminars on Training for Nonviolent Action
Waltham, MA
Action-Focused Research on Areas of Political Crisis Around the Globe
EDUCATION
2004-2020
Rabbinical Student
Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf)
Skokie, IL
1991-1992
PARDES Institute
Jerusalem, Israel
1990
MA, ASL/English Interpreting
Department of Linguistics and Interpreting, Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
Research: Gender Differences in American Sign Language
Presented Master’s Paper to a National Committee of Grantors for
Interpreter Training Programs
1986
BA, Near Eastern and Judaic Studies
Brandeis University
Waltham, MA
CERTIFICATIONS
2009
Illinois State Interpreting License, Master Level
Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission
National Interpreting Certification, Master Level
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
1991
Certificate of Interpretation
Certificate of Transliteration
Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf
1996
Yoga Instructor, International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre
Sivananda Ashram, Nassau, Bahamas
Reiki Master, Chicago, IL
1997
Shiatsu Practitioner, Ohashi Institute, New York
2011
Certified Zen Shiatsu Practitioner, Zen Shiatsu Chicago
Certified Asian Bodywork Practitioner, AOBTA