Experience

Straight Up Abilities, Inc

• United States
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• American Sign Language Instructor

  • Jan 2013 - Present

  Teach dancers with various disabilities the elements of American Sign Language including signs, fingerspelling, grammar and structure. Review previously learned signs. Show students how to align signs with song lyrics and rhythms while maintaining lyric integrity and ASL structure. Listen to students' feedback on the songs and their interpretive meaning. Collaborate with dance instructors on sign incorporation with dance. Teach dancers with various disabilities the elements of American Sign Language including signs, fingerspelling, grammar and structure. Review previously learned signs. Show students how to align signs with song lyrics and rhythms while maintaining lyric integrity and ASL structure. Listen to students' feedback on the songs and their interpretive meaning. Collaborate with dance instructors on sign incorporation with dance.



Rio Hondo College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• American Sign Language Instructor

  • Jan 2016 - Dec 2022

  Instructed high school and college students in American Sign Language about the grammar, structure, semantics and signs of American Sign Language. Created lessons to include multiple aspects of Deaf History and Deaf Culture. Assessed students' progress to determine alignment with course outcomes. Devised collaborative exercises to encourage growth in signed communication such as dialogues, film projects, and discussion groups. Exposed students to ASL literature such a sign poetry, art, ASL films, plays, and music. Show less



Greater Los Angeles Agency on Deafness, Inc. (GLAD)

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations

• Advocate

  • Feb 2005 - Nov 2015

  Visually listened to consumers' needs and requests. Explored solutions. Read and translated documents from English to American Sign Language. Assisted in the completion of various forms. Conducted presentations to external agencies about Deaf Culture and communicating with Deaf individuals. Visually listened to consumers' needs and requests. Explored solutions. Read and translated documents from English to American Sign Language. Assisted in the completion of various forms. Conducted presentations to external agencies about Deaf Culture and communicating with Deaf individuals.