QUALIFICATIONS
1993-HONOURS DEGREE IN SPEECH THERAPY AND AUDIOLOGY: UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH
2003-MASTERS DEGREE IN LANGUAGE STUDIES (LINGUISTICS): UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1994-1997: CHILD GUIDANCE CLINIC AS SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST
1997-2010: PRIVATE PRACTICE AS SPEECH THERAPIST AND AUDIOLOGIST
2003-2012: PART TIME LECTURER AT UFS, LECTURING IN: DEAF CULTURE AND HISTORY SIGN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS
2006-PRESENT: FREELANCE SIMULTANEOUS INTERPRETER
2013-PRESENT: APPOINTED AS JUNIOR LECTURER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF SOUTH AFRICAN SIGN LANGUAGE AT THE UFS, LECTURING IN: DEAF CULTURE & HISTORY SIGN LANGUAGE LINGUISTICS
PAPERS PRESENTED
2013: PRESENTED A PAPER ON The importance of Deaf Culture and History in the South African Sign Language curriculum at the University of the Free State AT THE LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN AFRICA CONFERENCE HELD IN STELLENBOSCH IN JULY 2013