Liz Bernal
Curriculum Vitae
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION
Mt. Hood Community College
GPA 4.0
2018 Fall
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Beginning American Sign Language
2019 Spring
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Intermediate American Sign Language
Utah Valley University
GPA 4.0
2019 Fall
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ASL 2030 Advanced Fingerspelling
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ASL 2040 ASL numbers
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ASL 3050 Advanced American Sign Language
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LANG 3000 Linguistic Anthropology
2020 Spring
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ASL 3000 Technology for Deaf Studies
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ASL 3310 Foundations of Interpreting
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ASL 3320 Physiology of Interpreting
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ASL 3530 Modern Deaf Culture
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ASL 4550 Multicultural Deaf Lives
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ASL 4560 Deaf People and the Law
2020 Fall
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ASL 315R ASL Conversation III
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ASL 3350 Consecutive Interpreting
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ASL 3510 History of Deaf People to 1817
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ASL 385G Audism, Linguisticism, and oppression
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ASL4800 Deaf Culture Studies
2021 Spring
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ASL 3610 ASL Literature
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ASL 3750 Deaf Cinema
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ASL 4410 ASL Linguistics
2021 Fall
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ASL 3330 Cross Cultural Communication Interpreting
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ASL 3370 Sign to Voice Interpreting
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ASL 4370 Ethics for Interpreters
2022 Spring
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ASL 3380 Transliteration
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ASL 3390 Professional Issues in Interpreting
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ASL 4383 Applying Interpreting Skills to Coursework- Community
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ASL 4530 Deaf Peoples of the World
2022 Fall
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ASL 4380 Medical Interpreting
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ASL 490R Special Topics- Trip to Washington DC and Gallaudet
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LANG 481R Internship
2023 Spring
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ASL 4330 Visual Linguistic Analysis for Interpreter
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LANG 481R Internship
QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
Current
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Utah Interpreter Program (UIP) Knowledge Exam.
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UIP Novice Certified
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Bachelor graduate for Spring 2023- Deaf Studies, Emphasis on Interpreting
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Dean’s list for all semesters at Utah Valley University.
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Graduated Summa Cum Laude (4.0 GPA)
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2023 Outstanding Graduate for Languages & Cultures
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Associates of Science from Mt. Hood Community College
VOLUNTARY ACTIVITIES
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Events in the Deaf community: Deaf night out (DNO) monthly events, local deaf religious activities, and Sanderson Community Center for the Deaf Baazaar 2019.
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Personal ASL tutoring in person at the UVU ASL lab (Fall 2019-Spring 2020).
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Personal ASL tutoring from a Deaf tutor over video call (Summer-Winter 2020).
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UVU Deaf Studies Today! conference 2020 and 2021.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Spring 2021 Internship.
I was an assistant writer for an academic research paper on inequities for deaf people in the Utah healthcare system, authored by a UVU Deaf studies professor.
Fall 2022 Internship.
I interpreted for the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (USDB) with a professionally certified mentor observing and providing feedback.
Fall 2022- Current. Freelance Interpreting.
I am signed with two freelance agencies and interpret for a variety of appointments in the community including medical, educational, and job related appointments.
February 2023- Current. Purple Communications.
I am a video interpreter with Purple Communications doing VRS interpreting.
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