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Hello! I'm Amanda.

Welcome to my Mental Health Interpreter Portfolio. I am a certified Qualified Mental Health Interpreter (QMHI)

Special thanks to the Alabama Department of Mental Health's Office of Deaf Services for access to these resources. 

Please do not hesitate to reach out with questions. I hope you find this information helpful, and I look forward to connecting with you soon.

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Amanda Dorsey

American Sign Language Interpreter

M.Ed., NIC, QMHI, CoreCHI™

Email:

Address:

P.O. Box 814

Falling Waters, WV 25419

Phone (voice/text):

304-350-2857

ABOUT

EXPERIENCE

EXPERIENCE

2011-Present

AMANDA DORSEY CONSULTING & INTERPRTING, LLC

Business Owner

Freelance Nationally Certified ASL/English Interpreter

  • Contract holder with multiple agencies

  • Consecutive and simultaneous interpretation

  • Promote effective cross-cultural communications

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Self-Employed Freelance – Professional Consultant

  • Contract holder with multiple agencies

  • Attention to detail for project specifications adherence

  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives

  • Recommendations on accessibility, including planning, setup, and visual placement

  • Quality Assurance checks

  • Tutoring and mentoring

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Offline Captioner and Transcriptionist 

  • Contract holder with multiple agencies

  • Attention to detail for project specifications adherence

  • Time coding and chunking experience

  • SRT file creation as well as proprietary platform use for coding

  • Truth transcription experience

  • SDH – Subtitles for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing experience

  • QA- monitoring and editing subtitles for accuracy

2007-2010

Operations Manager

BEST BUY - FREDERICK & HAGERSTOWN, MD

  • Managed diverse teams of 22-110 employees

  • Managed all aspects of store operating and administrative functions, including transaction processing, financial reconciliation, and expense management

  • Ensured store was staffed appropriately according to business demands, staffing guidelines, and store labor budgets

  • Supported achievement of overall organization, territory, district and store sales and customer service goals by effectively staffing, developing and training my store team to deliver a high level of employee engagement and customer satisfaction

  • Developed a comprehensive understanding of store goals, objectives, policies and procedures, and enabled creation and support of a values-based, cooperative work environment

2006-2007

Personal Shopping Assistant Supervisor

BEST BUY - FREDERICK, MD

  • Supervised a team of 8-10 Personal Shopping Assistants. 

  • Drove business results through training product knowledge and sales techniques and excellent leadership 

  • Managed the ASL team schedule to serve Deaf and Hard of Hearing customers in store

EDUCATION

EDUCATION

2012

Master's Degree

2006

Bachelor's Degree

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY

Master of Education -

Cross Categorical Special Education

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SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Arts -

Psychology

2005

Bachelor's Degree

SHEPHERD UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Science -

Sociology, Criminal Justice

STATE SPECIFIC REGISTRIES AND LICENSES

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West Virginia

Title 192 Series 3

Pennsylvania

Act 57

Arizona

A.R.S. § 36-1946

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