Moving to the tumbles

As I'm trying to consolidate my accounts and make things a little more user-friendly, PDX Loves Signing will be moving to tumblr. Hopefully this will allow not only more frequent posting, but more of a vloging option as well.

In light of the move, I'm cleaning up past entries, so only a few will still be archived here.

Click the picture below, or right here, and follow me on over to the tumbles.

Well, the first term at Spartanburg College has started, and I'm happy to report that it is going well.

After my year at PCC, I felt I needed a program more post-bac focused, for those who had already gone to university, had a degree, and were getting ready to certify and start working once their program was over. SCC offered such a program, and after talking with them for over a year, I took the plunge. This term I'm in an Educational Interpreting course, a course that focuses only on ASL-to-English interpreting and one that focuses only on English-to-ASL interpreting as both skills are of paramount importance. I'm taking 9 units at a time, so 3/4 time, and I'm also taking a slew of workshops in prep for my EIPA later this year. Thanks for the interest, and I'll keep you updated!

Interpreting

Good news, Ladies and Gentlemen!  Through PDX Loves Signing, Carissa is now happy to offer community interpreting services throughout the Portland Metro Area and Southwest Washington.  With the written RID/NAD National Interpreter Certification done and the Educational Interpreters' Performance Assessment planned for the late fall, and liability insurance firmly in place, I'm happy to be available whenever you need me.

I've done work for the City of Portland, interviews, weddings, medical appointments, summer camps, church retreats and more, and I'm a proud contractor for Language Fusion.  Let me know if there's any way I can help make your event accessible to the local Deaf community, or if as a Deaf person you need interpreting services.  I work on a sliding scale and do pro-bono work as well.

Ghana Blog

Home, safe and sound. Info will be going up, one day at a time, until I've transcribed the whole diary.

The PDX Martos Family in Ghana

Packing for Ghana

Putting in my skirts, matching shirts and yoga pants, and realizing a few interesting things.

1) I don't have to pack my Vitamin D (it's given to people the first time they see a doctor here in Portland, I swear).

2) I need sunscreen! I'm going to see the sun!

3) I need to find a good family photo to being with me.

4) I hope we'll have hot water for tea, since I doubt we'll have coffee.


It's really funny the things you notice. :)

Ghana

So, you know we're been prepping for the trip to Ghana, coming up this January, right? Well, our little girl has been preparing, too. Here she explains why working with Signs of Hope and the Signing Time Foundation is important.




For more information, or to donate please visit the Ghana page, here.

Thank you!

Going to Ghana!

As part of my work with the Signing Time Foundation, I've been invited on a trip to Ghana, to help work with the Deaf schools in that country. In January of 2012, in partnership with Signs of Hope International, a small team will be visiting some of the Deaf Schools throughout the country, working with their students and teachers in American Sign Language, as well as experience Ghanian Sign Language first hand.

Life as a Deaf child in Ghana is challenging, particularly without an education. Signs of Hope International "dedicated to the enrichment of life for the Deaf community in Ghana." They help to provide "education and other programs to benefit the Deaf community," and give these children a chance at a better life.

The Signing Time Foundation has visited Ghana with Signs of Hope International before, in 2008.

Want to help support the work of Signs of Hope International, and help Carissa off to Ghana? If so, please donate to help offset the cost, and help provide funding to the good Sign of Hope International does. Donations can be made through the Paypal Link below, or by sending checks, made out to The Signing Time Foundation, to Carissa.