Photo Description: White male with dark hair, goatee, dark-rimmed glasses, maroon shirt, black background. My name is Charley Thorn, and I have been working as a Deaf interpreter for 13 years. I grew up in a Deaf family and went to American School for the Deaf. I have always been involved in the Deaf community. My professional background is based primarily in Mental Health - I started working in the field in 2003. My first few years of work started in a group home under the Department of Developmental Services (DDS). After that, I worked for the Westborough State Hospital at its former location, which is now known as the Worcester Recovery and Hospital Center. Through my almost 10 years of experience working there, I learned how to work with Deaf patients and my co-worker saw I had potential I could use to contribute to the Deaf community. At that point, I decided to put my skills to use through a different channel, and graduated from the Road to Deaf Interpreting program in 2011. Since then, I have been interpreting. Currently I am working as a full-time Staff Interpreter at American School for the Deaf in West Hartford, CT and Freelance Interpreter.

Photo Description: White male, shaved head, black rimmed glasses, black collared shirt. Scott Cawley is a seasoned paramedic and has been an ASL Interpreter for 24 years. He has developed and organized many medical workshops for the ASL community and strives to provide quality education for all Hearing and Deaf interpreters.

Photo Description: White woman, mixed brown hair, black glasses. Fatima Silvestre, CDI, currently works full-time freelance. She maintains her own private practice as an interpreter working in various settings, press conferences, medical, DeafBlind, and conference work. She obtained her Deaf Interpreter Certification (CDI) from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf series in 2008-2009 as one of the first cohorts to participate in RDI. She has participated in Project Climb and has most recently served as one of the facilitators. She previously worked in the field of mental health for more than 13 years prior to becoming an interpreter. She was also involved in the original Mentorship Program and is currently a mentor for a number of novice deaf interpreters in the field of interpreting. She received a B.A. in Human Services from Springfield College.

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