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Caleb Woolard
Caleb Woolard currently is a full time sign language interpreter at California Institution for Men, in Chino, where he has been employed since 2007. In addition to his extensive experience in a variety of law enforcement settings, he frequently interprets for both mental health and medical encounters. For the past 21 years he has interpreted in a variety of environments from educational settings to video relay interpreting. Caleb grew up with a Deaf brother in a household that used sign language. When not interpreting, you can find Caleb on the beach with his wife and three (yes three) small dogs or attacking the hillsides and streets of Orange County on his bicycle.
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Matt Marquis
A native of Southern California, Matt has been an interpreter for over 20 years. Working extensively in education and VRS fields. He is the founder and owner of the SoCal Interpreting Conference (previously known as the Inland Empire Interpreting Conference). He holds certifications from RID and ESSE, as well as a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science from Chapman University and Vocational Education Teaching Credential from California State University,San Diego He as also presented at numerous interpreting conferences both in-person and online . He has served as lead interpreter for two school districts, working with and mentoring pre-certified educational interpreters and is an ASL Instructor at the college level.
Matt is a veteran of Keith Wann’s ASL Comedy Tour.
He also works as a mobile DJ for both Deaf and Hearing events . Which has helped him prepare to interpret for some of the biggest names in hip hop, alternative and heavy metal music to. Matt is married to an extremely talented and beautiful wife and a father of two unnecessarily adorable children.
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Cynthia Napier
Cynthia Napier is a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI) living in Riverside, CA. She has worked in the field of interpreting since 1981 and obtained her RID CDI certification in 2001. She currently works as a freelance interpreter and mentor and has developed a series of workshops for aspiring CDIs.She has mentored interpreters working in educational, legal and video relay settings. Cynthia is the developer of a program that provides experience, training, mentoring and supervision of Interpreter Education Program (IEP) graduates. She has been member of the NCIEC Deaf Interpreting work team since its inception in 2006 which recently published the first-of-its-kind Deaf Interpreter Curriculum.
Ashley Stacy
Ashley Stacy is a Child of Deaf Adult , and a graduate of Pacific Oaks College with her Masters in Marriage Family Therapy, and a Psy-D candidate currently studying at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Who is currently employed at Peace Over Violence where she is the first trauma therapist that is able to provide direct services to deaf consumers given that she is fluent in American sign language. She started out at Peace over violence as an Marriage Family Therapist trainee and completed her internship and as soon as she graduated with her masters she was hired at peace over violence and now provides one on one therapy for the deaf and hard of hearing, as well as English speaking clients. She leads a Domestic Violence support group and a Sexual Assault support group for English speaking clients, and co-facilities a Domestic violence psychoeducation group for deaf and hard of hearing clients alongside Laura Ripplinger and Peggie Reyna.
Jason Love
Jason is a certified sign language interpreter holding his NIC Master with 20 years of serving the Deaf community. He is committed to educating those around him and advocating for those who cannot advocate for themselves. He regularly volunteers for such groups as the Log Cabin Republicans, Catholic Church, Marriage Equality, Pencils for Africa, and AmFAR. He works full time for Purple Communications as a VRS interpreter for 7 years. A resident of Riverside County, Jason resides in Corona with his 8-year-old son and their pets. He is also a licensed Foster Parent, mentor and Big Brother, motivational speaker, life coach, and adoptive parent.
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Brian Jensen
Brian Jensen, AS from UVU, RID CI & BSL Stage 1 has been a certified interpreter for over 15 years. Brian is currently the Manager at Purple in Long Beach. He has worked in a variety of settings including Education, VRS, Medical, Legal, Theatrical and with various volunteer organizations with the Deaf Community. In addition Brian was involved in a volunteer program in the United Kingdom where he worked with various groups to establish interpreting services, support and access for the Deaf. IN addition he developed training curriculum to help teach BSL to the local community. Brian has also work as a mentor for many year working with groups and one on one with interpreters to help them improve their skills and pass their certification tests. He has a love for Movies, Music, Theater, Sports, Disney and Nature. When not at work you might find him at the gym, hiking, SUPing, at the beach, or Performing in a local community show.
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Jessica Minges
Jessica Minges, NIC is currently an instructor at the University of Louisville and freelance interpreter with ten years of experience. She recently obtained her Master’s in Interpreting Studies with a Teaching Emphasis through Western Oregon University. Her professional interests include approaches to teaching interpreters, allyship as it applies to interpreters and the Deaf community, as well as the interpersonal approaches of interpreters. In her spare time, Ms. Minges enjoys music, food, wine, and a good Netflix binge.
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Suzanne Cacanindin
Suzanne was born and raised in San Diego CA, where she was first exposed to ASL and the Deaf community. The schools she attended, kindergarten through high school, had many Deaf students, so she began taking after school classes to learn sign language starting in the second grade, and has made many life long friends. She later went on to the Mesa College Interpreting Program while working in the Deaf Ed program at the elementary school she attended. Suzanne earned her BA is in Social Science from CSUSM, and she holds a teaching credential from National University. She has ASL teaching experiences in high school as well as at the college level. She now works primarily as a freelance interpreter in Riverside county . She has a wide breadth of experience including k-12, concerts, theatrical productions, medical, mental health, government agencies, as well as VRS. Being a credentialed teacher gives Suzanne a unique perspective on education and the learning process, which she applies in her interpreting, and will share some of her tips and techniques that make for greater understanding and success for your student.
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