What do you remember about the SLP/Deaf Hab program?

I remember Mrs. G, Mrs. Matney, Dr. McCaffrey and all my classes in Deaf Hab. I especially remember my experience in the clinic working one-on-one with deaf students and student teaching where I learned so much about the value of tailoring my instruction to meet the needs of each individual deaf student. In my ASL 2 class we were assigned "homework" to go out on the town with a classmate but we couldn't use voices, only sign language. That made a huge impression on me. One random memory is getting an ear mold made in one of my hearing science classes...and I actually used it to check hearing aids when I was a teacher!

What was your favorite memory of TCU?

I have so many favorite memories of TCU! Midnight breakfast in the Main before Christmas, dancing with the Showgirls at half time during basketball games and playing in the snow my freshman year.

Where you are currently working/what you are doing?

Immediately following graduation from TCU, I started working for the Los Angeles Unified School District at a middle school teaching science to deaf and hard of hearing students (special day class). Then I transitioned to higher education at Cal State Northridge's National Center on Deafness as a career counselor to the deaf and hard of hearing college students. Later I became a training specialist where I developed materials and provided training to post secondary institutions on how to successfully communicate and accomodate deaf and hard of hearing students. Most recently I was a sign language interpreter at Cal State Northridge and a high school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. Currently I'm working for a nonprofit and "taking a break" from my career in the Deaf Community.