She has a Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics from the University of New Mexico, USA and a Master’s degree in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C., USA. Her research interests include the development of intersubjective thought in deaf children, and intersubjectivity in interpreted discourse. She recently wrote a chapter entitled "Reported Speech as an Evidentiality Strategy in American Sign Language", which will appear in the volume Viewpoint and Perspective edited by Barbara Dancygier and Eve Sweetser. She also recently co-authored a chapter with Terry Janzen for the volume The Shared Mind entitled “Intersubjectivity in Interpreted Interactions: The Interpreter's Role in Co-constructing Meaning”.