Antonio joined the VLP team in 2018 bringing with him a plethora of experience and talent. He is a BEI-Advance certified interpreter in the state of Texas. He also speaks Spanish, making him a trilingual interpreter.

Being a child of deaf parents, Antonio started his interpreting career at a young age. He would help family and friends with their medical assignments and any other needs they may have. He has mastered ASL, LSE, Las Señas Mexicanas, and Spanish spoken language. He has a passion to learn the different types of Sign Language around the world.

Playing and coaching soccer is one of his hobbies, he spent a few years teaching the basic and advanced levels of soccer to deaf children. When he isn't working or out on the soccer field, he enjoys watching documentaries. Antonio has a work ethic that is strong and reliable. His compassion is just as strong and reliable. He volunteers at a Spanish shelter in the Houston area, providing services for the deaf and Spanish-speaking residents.

In May of 2022, Antonio will be an instructor for Bridging the Gap and has plans to complete his degree in psychology.

Sherri joined Visual Language Professionals 2 years ago as a Staff Interpreter. She loves working with VLP. The staff value her work and show their appreciation often. She is part of team that works hard to provide access for our Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals. She helps provide an array of services in Education, Community, Medical and many other areas. Besides her work family, she is a mother of two grown children, Hunter, 27 and Niki, 22. They are everything to her! Growing up she had "Game night" on Friday nights. She cherishish those memories! Her family sees each other often even though they are living in the Austin/San Marcos area.

In addition, she have an elderly dog named Oreo. He loves his daily walks. Walking, Pickleball, traveling and getting together with friends are things she likes to do. Her goal is to living a balanced life with her family, work, friends and time for self care is vital. Finally, she recently got engaged and is planning to get married in August.

Her goal is to become a Master level interpreter and to be Medical Certified.

Dionna is a native Houstonian with a broad range of experience that comes from interpreting for over 25 years. Her path to interpreting grew organically with an interest in learning ASL, leading to her learning everything she could about the Deaf community and becoming a professional interpreter. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology from the University of Houston and is nationally certified with RID CI & CT and holds her Texas BEI IV and Court Interpreter Certification. Dionna enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading and Zydeco dancing.

Christian graduated from the Lone Star College Interpreter Training Program in 2022. He joins VLP providing interpreting services while working toward certification.
Christian is also Trilingual

Heather has a heart of compassion and is focused on equal access for all, especially language access. Having been born and raised in Central Illinois, Heather completed her degree in ASL, she went to New Mexico to start a deaf education program from the ground up. This program program brought the ability for many under privledge children to have communication for the first time. During this time she was also a freelance interpreter. She brings her language access and project management experience. When Heather is not working she spends her time with her four wonderful children. She also spends her time in a car going from practices and games. Heather loves spending time with her friends and extended family as well. She has set her goals to become nationally certified and also to get CART certified. Within VLP, Heather's speciality is helping connect our top notch interpreters to our valuable clients in the Houston area.

Mauri comes to VLP with a high level experience in customer service and natural ability for detail and organization. Her former occupations helped her nurture these skills and bring them to the table to be put into full use at VLP. Working as a patient registrar in the Emergency Department at a local hospital in North Carolina, she is able to work under pressure and keep her quality of work to the high standards she has set for herself. Rolling all her experience and knowledge together, Mauri is an excellent Project Coordinator, helping our workman's compensation clients receive the highest care possible.
Mauri is the proud mother of three children and has the honor of being a military mom. When she isn't at her desk, she enjoys time with her children riding horses, hiking, and being out on the water. Using her barbering skills of 25 years, she also still helps her family and friends to look beautiful. She currently lives in South Carolina where she works on achieving her goals of getting her BS in accounting/business management.

Michigan boasts of miles and miles of shoreline but a little known fact - it is home to Brittany "Bee" Crawford as well. Bee has joined the team with 10 years in the field of education. When the pandemic hit she opened up her own small business and tapped into her creative side and found joy in working with her hands.

Bee brings all her experience, creativity, and joy to the VLP team. She is part of the Workman's Comp. Department, where she will be assisting clients and consumer with their language access and transportation needs.

When not at work Bee's hobbies are fishing and golfing with her husband, crafting and spending time with their daughters.

The state of TN is home to the Great Smoky Mountian, high quality whiskey, country music, and also to one of VLP's project coordinators, Angie! Angie has a strong backgound in being able to resolve conflict. In her past she has done legal collections and customer service. Her soft skills are excellent, she is able to find a compromise so both sides are happy.

Angie has 3 children and Gigi to 5 precious heathens or grandkids depending on the day. She loves traveling, shopping, and Tennessee Volunteers football. Although her love language is country music she truly enjoys all music. Angie has crossed two things off her bucket list, saw Elvis and went whale watching.

Rachel joins the VLP team from the Sooner State, Oklahoma, known for its wild tornadoes and love of sports. She is an avid soccer player and was on her way to playing at the collegiate level, but instead she invested her time and resources into getting her nursing degree. Focusing on geriatrics, Rachel spent most of her career in assisted living and memory care settings as upper management in the great state of Tennessee.
Rachel brings to the table her skills in management and handling delicate situations with ease. Her attention to detail and strong work ethic shines through while dealing with clients, interpreters, and consumers. With a driven and determined personality, Rachel is a valuable asset to VLP.
Rachel is the proud pet owner of one fur baby, Duke. Laughing, hanging out with friends and family, going out and goofing around are some of her favorite past times.

Cece was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. Before joining VLP, Cece was a stay at home mom, and a volunteer at St John the Evangelist Church. She has lots of motivation and loves the culture that come with working at VLP. Cece joins VLP in our accounting and compliance department. She brings hard work, organization and attention to detail to the team and back office. Her hobbies include crafting, painting and spending time with her husband and daughter.

Christan is from Northeast Kansas, born and raised. She is hard-working and persistent, focusing on the details of every account. She enjoys building relationships with customers and interpreters, striving for their satisfaction daily. Her professional experience includes managing operations of a dental clinic and auto repair shop. She is currently pursuing a Bachelors degree in Business. Christan spends her free time with family and friends, attending her son's sporting events and traveling.

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Bayleigh joins the VLP team in 2022 as a business development associate, where she is excited to connect with businesses all over the country and provide them with quality communication services.

Prior to working for VLP, Bayleigh graduated from Illinois State University with a BS in Chemistry. Since college, she has taught high school science and worked as a chemist in two fluid analysis laboratories.

In her free time, Bayleigh enjoys spending time with her husband Seth, and two dogs, Arya and Ghost. She also enjoys baking, traveling, and snowboarding.

Feel free to reach out to Bayleigh to discuss the comprehensive communication services VLP can extend to your company!

Brandon J. Morgan, NIC Master, SC:L, NAD IV, BEI Master, began interpreting professionally in 2003 in Peoria, IL. He completed his Bachelor of Science in Organizational Management & Human Resource at Colorado Christian University in Lakewood, CO and Master of Science in Physician Assistant Studies from DeSales University.

A practicing Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant, Brandon specializes in legal and medical interpreting. He has developed extensive professional development resources in an effort to advance the profession. He works to provide practical strategies that fellow interpreters can immediately put into practice.

Brandon is enthusiastic in all he does. He’s passionate about providing quality services and an outstanding customer experience. His aim is to empower the communities Visual Language Professionals serve via access to language. He sums this up in his mission statement: To help make those around me wildly successful.

Cathy serves as the Director of Operations where she is driven to grow and build new and lasting relationships with business partners across the country. Prior to joining VLP, Cathy worked for over 15 years at a fortune 500 company where she led multiple high level projects and process changes. Cathy is also an Army wife and mother of two boys, so organization and multi-tasking are among her many strengths. Please feel free to connect with Cathy to see how VLP can help your company provide top of the line service to all those seeking communication assistance.