Interview Preperation

1. I plan to interview Karen Soza-Mesa. Karen is a deaf student at Northridge and has worked at Chaffey college as an ASL instructor and at Glendale community college as a tutor for the deaf students that go there. I chose to interview Karen beacuse I felt that she knew alot about deaf culture and the struggles that the deaf face in a hearing world, since she has faced them herself. She also has a passion for the deaf and she is currently pursuing her carreer path as a DHH (deaf and hard of hearing) teacher.

2. The additional questions that I plan to ask are:

• What are some common misconception that people think of when they hear the word "deaf"?
• If you could choose one word to describe deaf culture, waht would it be and why?
• Are you proud to be deaf?