June Prusak
Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI)
Willowbrook,IL
Summary
Talented Interpreter with advanced conversational abilities in American Sign Language (ASL) and Visual Gestures. Maintain tone, emotion, style and content of speaker’s words in translations and familiar with deeper cultural context behind phrases. Serious commitment to excellence of interpreting.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Coordinator: Certified Deaf Interpreter
Circuit Court of Cook County
2015.04 - Current
- Interpreted in Civil and Criminal (Misdemeanor and Felony cases)
- Performed as Proceeding Interpreter or Interpreter for Counsel at Bench or Jury Trial
- Coordinated & Scheduled Interpreters for 12 county courthouses/branch courts
- Maintained billing system for freelance interpreters
- Tracked and Monitored continuance court date for each Deaf & Hard of Hearing Individuals
- Scheduled and Requested Caption Access RealTime (CART) services
- Handled Video Phone calls of Deaf Jurors
- Provided resources to Deaf Community
- Provided educational presentations on Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Hard of Hearing to Attorneys.
Freelance Certified Deaf Interpreter
Freelances
- Provided interpreting for deaf clients who are immigrated or language-challenged at medical setting, victim sensitivity interview, deposition, mediation meeting, employment, US Citizenship interview, driver's license exam, police interrogation, competency evaluation, probation, parents-child educational meetings, park and recreation setting
- Interpreted in Court Cases (Civil and Criminal: Misdemeanor and Felony cases)
- Provided tactile, close-vision, pro tactile and palm print interpreting for deaf-blind individuals at conference, workshop, meeting, medical setting and legal setting
- Interpreted on live-streaming broadcasting (Press Conferences, National Convention)
- Conducted sight translation projects for Project CLIMB.
Education
Master of Arts - Deaf Education- Incompleted
Western Maryland College
Westminster, MD 1996.06 - 1996.07
B.S. - Recreation and Leisure Studies: Therapeutic Recreation
Gallaudet University
Washington D.C. 1989.08 - 1993.05
Skills
Nationally Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI)
Nationally Certified in Conditional Legal Interpreter Permit- Relay (CLIP-R)
Illinois Master Interpreter Licensed
Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts (AOIC) Registered
Wisconsin Interpreter Licensed
Workshop Presentations
- RID Region 1 Fall 2020 Conference (Deaf-Hearing Interpreter Teams in Courtroom Settings: In Reality and Virtually)
- The Art of Teaming: Deaf-Hearing Interpreter Team (North Carolina Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 2018; Michigan RID 2018; Wisconsin 2018; Texas RID 2019; Minnesota RID 2019; Oklahoma RID 2019
- Educational Interpreting: Do's & Don'ts (SWCOOP 2017; Peoria 2018)
- Secrets & Not So Secrets: Inside the Interpreter World (IAD/IRID Conference 2017; Chicago Hearing Society 2018; Chicagoland Black Deaf Advocates 2018)
- Illinois AOIC Court Interpreter Orientation (IDHHC 2015)
- Finding your way in Cook County Court System (CHS 2015)
- To be a Legal Interpreter or Not: An Introduction to the Court System (IRID 2015)
- Sports Signs (IRID 2015)
- Legal: Interacting with the Players (Deaf Interpreter Conference 2015)
- Working in Law Enforcement: The Constitutional Basis for the Miranda Warnings ((Deaf Interpreter Conference 2015)
- Certified Deaf Interpreter: What and How? (DHS-RCD 2013)
- Interpreter Licensure (Deaf Awareness Day 2009)
ASL Video Projects
- National Association of the Deaf (2020)
- Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission (2020; 2017)
- Project CLIMB- Cultivating Legal Interpreters from Minority Background (2018)
- Midwest Center Law and Deaf : Legal Vocabulary (2012)
- Mount Sinai Hopsital's Deaf Access Program - Heart Attack Prevention (2013)
Platform Conference Interpreting Experiences
- National Democratic Convention 2020
- Illinois Governor COVID-19 Press Conference 2020
- Chicago Mayor COVID-19 Press Conference 2020
- Illinois RID 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010
- National Association of the Deaf 2018, 2014, 2012
- Illinois DeafBlind Retreat 2014, 2012; 2011
- PDT Deaf Cruise 2014
- Wisconsin RID Fall 2018; 2013
- Michigan RID Fall 2013
- Deaf Senior of America 2013
- NCIEC DeafBlind SAT 2013
- RID 2013
- Illinois Deaf & Hard of Hearing Commission 2013
- RID Region III 2012; 2010
- Deaf Way II Illinois 2004
Volunteer Experience
- Served on Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) Legal Credential Task Force Chairperson (2019 to 2022)
- National Association of the Deaf (NAD) Video Remote Interpreting (VRI) in Legal Setting Task Force (2019)
- Illinois Registry Interpreters for the Deaf (IRID) Board Member at Large (2013 to 2016)
- Illinois Association of the Deaf events (2016, 2015)
- RID Regional III Interpreters Conference- Marketing Committee (summer 2012) and Program Committee (Summer 2010)
Timeline
Coordinator: Certified Deaf Interpreter
Circuit Court of Cook County
2015.04 - Current
Master of Arts - Deaf Education- Incompleted
Western Maryland College
1996.06 - 1996.07
B.S. - Recreation and Leisure Studies: Therapeutic Recreation
Gallaudet University
1989.08 - 1993.05
Freelance Certified Deaf Interpreter
Freelances
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