Paula Browning has been interpreting nearly 40 years. She has previously interpreted in such venues as Salk Institute inSan Diego, Deaf West Theatre, various community colleges and universities, as well as conferences such as RID Region IV,SERID,CAL-Ed, ADARA, and Alabama Interpreter Metamorphosis (AIM).
While currently work in the video relay field, Paula also has experience in education, community, conference and platform, mental health, legal, medical, and theatrical settings. She also taught ASL classes at the community college and high school level; conducted workshops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Alabama, Tennessee, and Mississippi; and has been a mentor in California, Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi as well as having been a mentor in the Video Outreach Mentorship Program sponsored by PEPNet’s WROCC.
Paula moved to Mississippi in December of 2003. She is currently president of the Mississippi affiliate chapter of RID, secretary of the Mississippi Interpreter Registration Law advisory board, editor of the MAD newsletter, and member of the RID Historian committee. Her passions are in ASL and bilingualism, Deaf culture, Deafhood, and history.