Mollie Sachs, B.S., DIRECTOR OF DEAF EDUCATION
Mollie attended and graduated from Indiana School for the Deaf. After graduation she was accepted into Gallaudet University, where she earned Bachelor of Science in Physical Education and Recreation. She has been an active member of various sports teams and clubs throughout her life. She is currently planning on working on a graduate degree in Sign Language Education in the near future.
Mollie is very active in the Deaf community of New Mexico and she is currently an adjunct professor of American Sign Language at Central New Mexico College. She also works as a Student Life Educator at New Mexico School for the Deaf. In her spare time, Mollie enjoys sewing and hanging out at home with her husband, who is also a Deaf educator. Mollie and her husband love playing board games and her favorite board game is currently Splendor.
Mollie’s first language is ASL and she comes from an amazing Deaf family - she 4th generation Deaf! Mollie is responsible for all of the ASL education and teaching at The Deaf Penalty. We are so fortunate to benefit from Mollie’s lifelong experiences as a Deaf woman and educator. She is a patient and caring teacher who makes learning ASL accessible to all people!
Dr. Aleksandra Treglown, THE DEAF PENALTY DIRECTOR
Dr. Treglown earned her undergraduate degrees in Legal Studies and Liberal Studies from the State University of New York and Rutgers University. She earned her master’s degree in Education from Rowan University and her doctorate in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Pennsylvania Western University. Her doctoral dissertation focused on trauma within the criminal justice system and complementary somatic therapies to treat crime-related PTSD. Aleksandra is currently working on another graduate degree in Nonprofit Management from Johns Hopkins University.
As an adult Aleksandra lost a significant amount of hearing due to a virus and is now hard of hearing. Coincidentally, her daughter, born in 2014, was born hard of hearing and attends an ASL focused school. Due to these life experiences, Aleksandra has researched the intersectionality of Deafness and the criminal justice system. Unfortunately, many Deaf/HoH people have unsafe experiences within the criminal justice system due to law enforcement officers not having Deaf awareness. Due to these concerns, Aleksandra created The Deaf Penalty to try to address these issues in New Mexico.
Aleksandra’s first language is English and she is currently still learning ASL. She is responsible for program management and writing/publishing news articles pertaining to Deaf interactions with law enforcement departments. She does not teach ASL content. In her spare time Aleksandra loves yoga, sewing, reading, and DOGS!
