Kristal Hier


Contact Information

Certifications

  • Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate of Transliteration 2002
  • Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf Certificate of Interpretation 2003

Education

  • AAS in Educational Interpreting form NTID/RIT 1998
  • BS in ASL/English Interpretation form Northeastern University 2000 Cum Laude

About Kristal

I have been working as a professional interpreter for fifteen years, and have been certified for thirteen years. I currently hold CI and CT from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf. I have experience interpreting in a variety of settings: secondary educational, post-secondary educational, medical, vocational rehabilitation and other professional settings. I was born and raised in southern VT and after many years in Rochester and Boston for school and work, I moved back to southern VT in 2003 and now live here with my husband and our two daughters.

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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