Cory Brunner


Contact Info:

Education:

  • Northeastern University
    • BS American Sign Language / English Interpreting – 2000, Magna Cum Laude

Certifications:

  • RID CI/CT
  • Licensure – NH

About Cory:

Cory Brunner lives in Middletown Springs VT, just over the New York line. While at Northeastern University and after graduation she became very involved in the greater Boston Deaf and Interpreting Communities. She obtained her Massachusetts State Screening and then subsequent Certification of Interpretation (CI) and Certification of Transliteration (CT) from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, In 2004 she moved to VT and interprets full time in private practice. Cory interprets in a variety of settings from medical, mental health, college, office/technical, and general community, to hiking, kayaking, skiing and rock climbing. She maintains the utmost professionalism even with a backpack on or a pair of skis on her feet.

Cory remains very active in the Deaf and Interpreting Communities in Vermont and holds positions on several boards and advisory committees. She loves what she does and is always open for feedback and dialogue.



Options Mission


Options standards:

  1. Clear and fair practices for all individuals who are a party to our services.
  2. Vetted, competent and accountable interpreters are working each and every assignment.
  3. Working within the frame of upholding the linguistic and human rights of the individuals we serve.
  4. Fostering and nurturing the development of interpreters by ways of education and mentorship.

Options priorities:

  1. Raise the bar on interpreting standards and expectations of customer service.
  2. Shift the paradigm of procurement of interpreter services.
  3. Being available and accessible to the communities we serve.

All Options: An Interpreting Cooperative practitioners;

  • Are RID certified or RID certification ready (i.e. passed the RID written examination and are committed to taking the RID performance evaluation)
  • Engages in regular professional dialogue and has an ethical support community.
  • Supports the Deaf community by ways of giving back such as pro bono work, community engagement and involvement, volunteerism, and activism.
  • Maintains and exceeds national expectations of professional development and growth.
  • Upholds the linguistic rights of the Deaf community by practicing within a rights based frame of ethical decision making.
  • Advocates for the direct procurement of optimal and culturally competent interpreting services.

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