ROBIN L. BYERS
Robin L. Byers has maintained a successful private practice as an American Sign Language interpreter for 30 years. Robin is certified nationally by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID) at the highest level- the Comprehensive Skills Certificate (CSC) and holds a Level IV from the State of Texas along with court certifications from the States of Texas and New Mexico. She interprets plays, concerts, and comedy shows as well as regular community activities.
She has done on-camera television interpreting since 1977 in a variety of venues and also has done voice-overs for Deaf individuals in programming. Also she has experience voicing audio description for blind listeners of television programming and movies. She wrote, produced, and edited several public service announcements (PSA's), commercials, and four television series (two with over 40 episodes) related to Deaf culture or in American Sign Language (ASL). These were aired on Kaleidoscope nationally.
She also owns a dance studio and has performed all over the U.S. and international locations such as Morocco, Argentina, Mexico, and Italy. In addition to Belady (Belly Dancing) and Polynesian dancing, she is also a stage magician often combining magic into her dance and dance into her magic. Robin grew up a military brat living in a new place every 2 years. She credits this early life for her broad spectrum of interests and the ability to juggle several different projects simultaneously.
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