BIO - Robin Shannon
Robin S. Shannon was born in Sacramento, CA, and is still a diehard 49ers fan, but he is currently living in Vancouver, WA. After Sacramento he moved to Iowa before moving again to Maryland, where he graduated at MSD (Frederick) in 2002. He grew up getting scrapes and scars from playing sports, always actively looking to get his sporty hands busy with anything, especially football.
Robin went to Gallaudet University in 2003 to play football and was lucky enough to receive Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in American Sign Language and Interpretation, both with Summa Cum Laude awards, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, without any broken bones. He also received his CDI certification in 2009 and CLIP-R certification in 2010. Robin was recently certified as a trainer under NCIEC's legal team interpreting and CATIE's medical team interpreting, and he is now focused on training and mentoring interpreters. He
also screens interpreters toensure quality services from his side of business, Hi5Access Interpreting. Most of Robin’s time is devoted to running and maintaining his non-profit organization,the DeafVibe Foundation (www.deafvibe.com). In short,the DeafVibe Foundation advocates Equal Access for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the United States. With the remainder of his time, he works as a freelance CDI for conferences and legal settings all over the country. His favorite settings are the two previously mentioned, as well as international sign and DeafBlind where he has 23 and 10 years of experience, respectively.
Robin S. Shannon was born in Sacramento, CA, and is still a diehard 49ers fan, but he is currently living in Vancouver, WA. After Sacramento he moved to Iowa before moving again to Maryland, where he graduated at MSD (Frederick) in 2002. He grew up getting scrapes and scars from playing sports, always actively looking to get his sporty hands busy with anything, especially football.
Robin went to Gallaudet University in 2003 to play football and was lucky enough to receive Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in American Sign Language and Interpretation, both with Summa Cum Laude awards, in 2007 and 2009, respectively, without any broken bones. He also received his CDI certification in 2009 and CLIP-R certification in 2010. Robin was recently certified as a trainer under NCIEC's legal team interpreting and CATIE's medical team interpreting, and he is now focused on training and mentoring interpreters. He
also screens interpreters toensure quality services from his side of business, Hi5Access Interpreting. Most of Robin’s time is devoted to running and maintaining his non-profit organization,the DeafVibe Foundation (www.deafvibe.com). In short,the DeafVibe Foundation advocates Equal Access for Deaf and hard-of-hearing students in the United States. With the remainder of his time, he works as a freelance CDI for conferences and legal settings all over the country. His favorite settings are the two previously mentioned, as well as international sign and DeafBlind where he has 23 and 10 years of experience, respectively.