Patty has RID CI and CT certification and works in the community as a freelance interpreter. She first learned to sign from a deaf woman at church many years ago and still loves to worship in ASL while interpreting every Sunday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Johnson City. Patty continues to learn and deepen her use of ASL with the help of deaf friends and other terps. She enjoys signing on stage with Jonesborough Repertory Theatre's Stage Hands as a way to present the deaf and signing communities with the fun and beauty of drama. In her spare time, she tends her husband, children, and gardens, and tries to play tennis year-round.