Teresa Hatten is a graduate of Fisk University with a BA degree in Applied Mathematics. She worked in corporate for 26 years in Management including Engineering, Planning and Analysis, Human Performance Technology, Course Development and Instruction. She began learning sign language in the 1980's after seeing it expressed during church worship services. After completing ASL skills training courses in the Sign Language Interpreter Program at Georgia Perimeter College (now, Georgia State University), she transferred to Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Services and received a degree in Mortuary Science. Teresa is an ordained Minister; Served as an Assistant Pastor in Louisville, KY, Associate Minister in Birmingham, AL and Atlanta, GA. She served as Assistant Librarian at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf (AASD) for 4 years. Teresa completed Advanced Certification via continuing education courses for American Sign Language at the University of Georgia. She and her husband Jiendesha "JD" Hatten have been married 44 years. They have two children, three grandchildren and a great-grandson.
