Watching my brother, who had a friendly fun-loving personality, go through his teenage years often struggling to communicate with his hearing peers, helped foster a strong sense of compassion for deaf people. Eventually God used this connection to lead me into a career serving as a sign language interpreter which I’ve done for 33 years now. Currently, I am the Director of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, but I will always think of myself as simply an interpreter who provides communication access between the deaf and hearing worlds.