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Aloë Afo

Aloë Afo is from Tahiti and is a graduate student in the Second Language Studies department at the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa.

UH Mānoa ASL Interpreter Training Program Needs Critical Funding Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

UH Mānoa ASL Interpreter Training Program Needs Critical Funding

The consequences of this shortage extend well beyond the classroom. A lack of qualified professionals in hospitals and courtrooms can be a matter of life and death.