Message from the Vice President
Video message from Juan Carlos coming soon.
Hello. My name is Juan Carlos Druetta. I am Deaf. I was raised in a Deaf family my parents, my 2 brothers and sister are Deaf.
I currently work not only as an interpreter and Feedback Interpreter of International and Argentinean sign language but also as an Interpreter Trainer in the Sign Language of Argentina.
I am developing a career as a Sign Language Teacher, and I am also very committed to Research both in Sign Language and Socio Linguistic-Anthropology of the Argentina Deaf Community.
I work closely with National and Local Associations of the Deaf People in Argentina and also the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). All of those are partners.
I was born in Córdoba, the second largest city of Argentina, where I developed most of my career in all kind of organisations related to the Deaf Community. I also spent one year in Nicaragua where I helped develop a database of Nicaragua’s Sign Language that resulted in the creation the first Nicaraguan Dictionary of Sign Language.
I worked as International Sign interpreter in the WFD Congress in Montreal, Canada (2003); Madrid, Spain (2007); and WASLI Congress in Worcester, South Africa (2005) and Segovia, Spain (2007).
“I am really honoured to be the WASLI Vice President and, as a Deaf Person, to represent and work closely with Deaf and Hearing Interpreters and any other hearing and deaf persons in the world but particularly in Latin America, where there is still much work to be done, in terms of letting people know about WASLI and what it is doing.
I believe that my work with WASLI will be a change for all people who work as Interpreters for the different Deaf Associations and for Deaf People. I will work to increase the understanding between the Deaf and Hearing communities their culture and language. I will also work to develop the profession of sign language interpreting worldwide
