Tutor Spotlight: Traci Listo

Continuing our ever-so-popular Tutor Spotlight Series, we now focus on our dual-threat tutor, Traci Melissa Listo who tutors English and American Sign Language.

Describe your educational background/goals:

I graduated from Milford High School in May of 2010; that fall I started at UC Clermont.  This spring I will receive my associates in Liberal Arts, as well as my Deaf Studies certificate.  My educational goals are to maintain my spot on the Dean's list and to decide on a major.

What is the best part about being an ASL tutor?

Tutoring American Sign Language gives me time to practice, as well as give other students the cultural knowledge they may not know yet.  I love helping people learn the language as well as the culture.  ASL allows for a lot of creativity with facial and body expressions, and it is awesome to see people learning how to use their faces and bodies to effectively hold a conversation. 

What is the biggest challenge to ASL English?

ASL can be a challenging subject, and it can difficult to remember the vocabulary on the beginning level versus the intermediate level.  I have to remember to sign slowly and keep my sentences very basic, based on the student's skill.  I also get questions about the origin of signs, which I can't always answer.

What are some other fun facts about yourself?

Other than working at TLC, I work at a country club in Amelia, not that that's interesting.  A couple of my life goals, outside of academics, are growing hair long enough to recreate the Lady Godiva look, and to marry Bob Dylan, gain his riches, and have the title of Bob Dylan's Wife.