MasterWord

Today marks the UN International Day of Sign Languages, with this year's theme, "Declaring Deaf People's Human Rights."

More than 300 sign languages are in use worldwide, each built and carried forward by a Deaf community.

🌍 MasterWord honors that work and remains committed to supporting communication access across every sector.

Ready to put your language skills to work, on your terms? We'd love to have you join our team of in-person interpreters across Texas and in Charleston, SC:

🔹 Thai – Temple, TX
🔹 Vietnamese – Charleston, SC
🔹 French – Austin, TX
🔹 Cantonese – Plano, TX
🔹 Chinese Mandarin – Austin, TX
🔹 Plautdietsch/Low German – W. Texas & Panhandle

Set your own schedule and help make communication accessible for everyone. 🔗 Apply at https://shorturl.at/zp6tS

MasterWord has earned Level 2 Trauma-Informed Certification. Thank you to The Ecumenical Center for your guidance and partnership.

Level 1 recognized the principles we had adopted. Level 2 required documented proof across our training, quality review, and staff support.

Trauma and sustained stress reorder memory and reshape behavior in ways that differ across cultures.

For our clients and partners, understanding those signals helps improve outcomes by reducing the risk of re-traumatization in healthcare, justice, social services, and emergency response.

Certification also covers how we support our interpreters and our team.
Emotional carryover and vicarious trauma do not end when an assignment does. MasterWord Institute provides trauma-informed training and programs that support resilience and wellbeing.

Trauma-informed practice is embedded in our policies, our quality assurance, and our daily work.

Read the full announcement: https://www.einpresswire.com/article/928865439/masterword-becomes-first-organization-in-texas-to-earn-level-2-trauma-informed-certification

Houston-area ASL interpreters, we’d love to hear from you.

MasterWord is hiring for a full-time, project-based role supporting Deaf and Hard of Hearing individuals in an educational setting. BEI or RID certification is required.

To apply, send your resume to [email protected]. Please share this opportunity with someone who may be a good fit.

Excessive screen time is not the only sign of digital overload. 📱

Quick check:
✓ Reaching for your phone without knowing why
✓ Feeling overwhelmed while scrolling, but continuing anyway
✓ Tensing up when a notification comes through

Join Masterword and Dr. Ale Chaoul on August 6 for Tibetan mind-body practices that can help interrupt patterns of digital overstimulation and recover more fully.

Register here: https://masterword.zoom.us/meeting/register/mbEEa-tFQHyXa1j6dxN-MQ

MasterWord is seeking individuals who speak both Ukrainian and English fluently. This role lets you make a real difference in your community by helping people with limited English proficiency navigate essential services.

If you're looking flexible hours and a chance to give back to the community you live in, we'd love to hear from you!

Requirements:
✅Informal or professional interpretation experience
✅Fluent in both Ukrainian and English
✅Two-year degree preferred (or equivalent education, training, or experience)
✅Healthcare experience is plus - pharmacy tech, CNA, LVN, RN, hospice, hospital, nursing practicum, etc. (not required)
✅Able to commute for in-person assignments within the DFW Metroplex

Interested? Apply today: https://apply.masterword.com

You finish a difficult assignment. You walk out of the room leaving a piece of yourself behind.

Nobody trained you for that part.

This session was built for exactly that.

Join us June 25 at 6:00 PM CST for a FREE virtual learning session with Elizabeth Vahey Smith, creator of the RISE Capacity Model.

You will walk away with:

✅ A clear picture of which capacity factors you have and which are missing

✅ Concrete tools you can use before, during, and after your hardest assignments

✅ Strategies to reduce the experience of stress even when you cannot reduce the stress itself

ASL interpretation provided.

🔗 Register here: https://masterword.zoom.us/meeting/register/2AkEf0iXTuSgmw3ZRSkfQA #/registration

People are bringing life’s biggest questions to AI. Are we ready for the answers it gives? 💬

AI tools are increasingly being used for emotional support, health questions, and big life decisions. But not every quick answer offers the accuracy, context, or care a situation may require.

Join MasterWord and Lisa Dion, founder of the Synergetic Play Therapy Institute, for our annual Wellness Connection event exploring AI’s role as an informal advisor, including where it can help, where risks emerge, and why human judgment and relational presence still matter.

📅 Date: May 29, 2026
🕛 Time: 12:00 PM CT
🎓 CEUs: Pending

Who should attend?
Therapists, social workers, case managers, educators, healthcare and legal professionals, and anyone in a client-facing role.

🔗 Register here: https://masterword.zoom.us/meeting/register/KHEf_uKBR5qzdh2R_vb7cw