Training (March, 2026)

Designed and led "Beyond Visual Interpreting," a RID continuing education training for interpreters, hosted through Keystone Interpreting Solutions in March, 2026. The training introduced foundational protactile concepts used in DeafBlind spaces: co-presence, backchanneling, and environmental feedback, and helped interpreters recognize the range of communication methods used across the DeafBlind spectrum.

Participants practiced these skills directly through guided, hands-on activities rather than lecture alone, building real comfort with protactile communication and co-presence rather than just conceptual understanding.

Consultation / Program Development (March, 2026)

Partnered with the Walker Art Center to make Christine Sun Kim's first major museum survey, All Day All Night, accessible to DeafBlind visitors in March. 202. With Christine's direct approval, select works from the exhibition were adapted into tactile pieces; giving DeafBlind visitors a way to experience the art directly through touch, rather than through secondhand description alone.

Workshop (May, 2025)

Designed and led this workshop at ASL Camp, hosted by MRID, for RID continuing education credit in May, 2025. The session covered the systemic barriers DeafBlind students face in schools, an introduction to protactile and tactile ASL communication, and practical strategies for redesigning classrooms for tactile access from seating layout to multimodal materials to the roles of interveners, support service providers, and IEP teams.