Linda began reporting in 1975 and teaching in 1980 at the Stenotype Academy of New York. She has been an advocate of communications access realtime translation (CART) since it was first introduced in the 1980s. She has also been a software beta tester for several court reporting software packages as well as moderator (Sysop) of chat and discussion boards long before the Internet as we know it. Prior to beginning her freelance and teaching careers, Linda worked as a legal secretary and transcriber.
In addition to freelance reporting and teaching, Linda is also a Stenograph certified independent training agent and a certified Livenote™ trainer. She was one of the first trainers to offer free, professional-quality streaming dictation to students via the Internet. Linda is the webmaster of her site www.stenospeed.com – a court reporting support site for students and professionals that also offers free dictation practice materials – and as a tireless advocate of reporting as an Information Technology profession.
Linda's current duties take her to all corners of the realtime world in court, conference, and deposition reporting hearings and a variety of other proceedings. Yet she also finds time to serve as a literacy volunteer at the Queensborough Public Library, and as a "Big Apple Greeter" and volunteer tour guide for the New York City Mayor's Office.
Linda is a native New Yorker, holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Sociology from Queens College in New York and is currently pursuing a Master's of Education degree at the University of Phoenix.
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