Zachary Johnson is the first deaf graduate from the Riverside City College from the school's Interpreter Preparation Program. He just finished a 92-hour practicum that included working with hearing interpreters at a CPR-certification conference in San Diego. The 31-year-old attended college in Ohio and Gallaudet University in Washington while his parents attended the California School for the Deaf. Johnson next wants to earn his associate's degree in American Sign Language and then a bachelor's degree in linguistics, become a certified deaf interpreter and teach at a community college.
