Carole Lazorisak
MA; RID: CDI & RSC; ASLTA: Professional, Master Mentor
Deaf Studies/Human Services
Natural Applied Sciences
LaGuardia Community College
C-252
CAROLEL@LAGCC.CUNY.EDU

Carole is a native New Yorker with a cultural diversity background. She holds a BA from Gallaudet University, an MA from New York University, and worked toward her doctorate at Teachers College, Columbia University. She holds two national certificates; Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID): Certified Deaf Interpreter and American Sign Language Teacher Association (ASLTA): Professional. Carole completed her Master Mentor studies at University of Colorado and Northeastern University. She is a tenured faculty member of Human Services at LaGuardia Community College/CUNY in Queens, NY. She provides advisement and guidance for Deaf Studies students at LaGuardia. Carole has been an educator, a consultant, an interpreter and a trainer for at least 30 years in the following areas: communication, language and cultural studies, interpreting, language and interpreter assessment, human relations, and professional and teacher training. New York Cable TV selected Carole as New Yorker of the Week and she was featured in the national arts and entertainment magazine Biography. She was awarded a Humanitarian Award from St. Croix Deaf Coalition, Virgin Islands for her community work in March, 1999. Carole worked as a Visiting Professor and a consultant at the University of the Virgin Islands. Additionally, Carole gives presentations regionally, nationally and internationally and serves on several Advisory Boards. Carole worked in Puerto Rico for the past few years as a master instructor, a consultant and a mentor. Carole and her daughter, Dawn Donohue co-authored The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Conversational Sign Language Illustrated with DVD. The book was published September, 2004.

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