Sarah Wheeler holds an associate degree in health services administration from the Community College of the Air Force and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Mt. Olive College. She also has a certificate in non-profit management from Duke Continuing Studies. During her time at Duke, she participated in Leadership Wayne County. It was during this time that she strengthened her understandings of how different agencies collaborate to provide social services. A few years later she received her M.Ed. Interpreter Pedagogy degree from Northeastern University. She currently is going back to school and is on the path towards a Ph.D. in Cognition and Instruction.
Growing up a coda she was immersed in Deaf culture and to this day she continues to be humbled by how much there is to learn about ASL, Deaf culture, and history. She is a nationally-certified interpreter with a license to interpret in North Carolina. She is teaching now as an adjunct professor, working as a freelance interpreter, presents workshops, etc. She is currenty serving with RID with the IDP group and has been involved with NCKODA. She seeks to share her knowledge and in turn learn from those who have so much experience and expertise within the interpreting field.