Erin Furtado, M.A. Ed State-certified Early Childhood Educator and Teacher of the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (TODHH) *Presenting Tuesday 3/17/26 2:15pm in the Orlando room. Expert collaborator and enthusiastic educator with a history of building positive school-family-community relationships since 2010. More than 15 years of experience in special education and a bilingual communicator in ASL/English. Passionate Early Interventionist dedicated to improving systems as a founding member of the RI Early Intervention DHH Community of Practice and through continuing professional development. Proud graduate of the Flagler College Deaf Education Master's Program and recipient of the February 2024 Spotlight on Excellence Award from Fostering Joy- Professionals! Erin@EarlierIntervention.com