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Shirly Pinto
Shirly Pinto (Hebrew: שירלי פינטו; born 15 March 1989) is an Israeli Deaf political activist, who served as Member of the Knesset for the National Unity.
Pinto is fluent in Israeli Sign Language as well as Hebrew and is one of the founders of The Israeli Center for Deaf Studies.
Pinto was born to Deaf parents, and raised in the Krayot. Her mother is deaf-blind, and part of the Nalaga'at theater group.
Pinto attended the Carmel Zvulun Regional High School in Kibbutz Yagur, electing to study graphic design and social science. She received a complete matriculation diploma, graduating with honors.
Pinto spent most of her childhood with her mother's parents, as well as with her signing parents. This way she acquired a full knowledge of two languages, Israeli sign language alongside Hebrew language, giving her emotional strength and self-esteem between two worlds. Since her childhood, she has seen the difficulty and lack of linguistic accessibility in her parents, who coped daily with the authorities and the general public. Pinto's life was also a daily struggle because of a lack of awareness in the public. When she grew up, she decided to devote her life to changing this reality of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
At the age of 18, despite being exempted from compulsory military service, Pinto enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces. She served in the Israeli Air Force Technical Corps. After the initial two-year service, Pinto continued as a career officer, and in 2009 she received an outstanding medal from the Air Force commander and was recognized by President Shimon Peres for her exceptional service.
In 2011 Pinto enrolled for a law degree at the Netanya Academic College and participated in the college's excellence program. During her studies, she participated in a delegation to the International Labour Organization at the United Nations in Geneva. In 2013 she worked as a paralegal for Judge Benjamin Arnon in Israel's Central District Court. In 2014 she interned for Member of Knesset Karin Elharar, handling legislation, public appeals and drafting policies to aid people with disabilities.
Since 2016 Pinto has been a lecturer for the studies of Sign Language Interpreting, at Bar-Ilan University.
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Shirly Pinto
Shirly Pinto (Hebrew: שירלי פינטו; born 15 March 1989) is an Israeli Deaf political activist, who served as Member of the Knesset for the National Unity.
Pinto is fluent in Israeli Sign Language as well as Hebrew and is one of the founders of The Israeli Center for Deaf Studies.
Pinto was born to Deaf parents, and raised in the Krayot. Her mother is deaf-blind, and part of the Nalaga'at theater group.
Pinto attended the Carmel Zvulun Regional High School in Kibbutz Yagur, electing to study graphic design and social science. She received a complete matriculation diploma, graduating with honors.
Pinto spent most of her childhood with her mother's parents, as well as with her signing parents. This way she acquired a full knowledge of two languages, Israeli sign language alongside Hebrew language, giving her emotional strength and self-esteem between two worlds. Since her childhood, she has seen the difficulty and lack of linguistic accessibility in her parents, who coped daily with the authorities and the general public. Pinto's life was also a daily struggle because of a lack of awareness in the public. When she grew up, she decided to devote her life to changing this reality of Deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
At the age of 18, despite being exempted from compulsory military service, Pinto enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces. She served in the Israeli Air Force Technical Corps. After the initial two-year service, Pinto continued as a career officer, and in 2009 she received an outstanding medal from the Air Force commander and was recognized by President Shimon Peres for her exceptional service.
In 2011 Pinto enrolled for a law degree at the Netanya Academic College and participated in the college's excellence program. During her studies, she participated in a delegation to the International Labour Organization at the United Nations in Geneva. In 2013 she worked as a paralegal for Judge Benjamin Arnon in Israel's Central District Court. In 2014 she interned for Member of Knesset Karin Elharar, handling legislation, public appeals and drafting policies to aid people with disabilities.
Since 2016 Pinto has been a lecturer for the studies of Sign Language Interpreting, at Bar-Ilan University.