Lamar graduated from RIT with a Bachelor of Science multidisciplinary degree in  Psychology/Sociology/Deaf Studies. Lamar is a Nationally Certified Deaf Interpreter with over 20 years experience as an instructor. 

This experience includes, but is not limited to, ASL Deaf Studies at SUNY, NY; Interpreter Ethics, Medical and Legal Training at Holyoke Community College, MA; Interpreter Training & Translation at University of New Hampshire (UNH) Manchester. 

Additionally, Lamar co-developed a lecture series from Deaf in America: Voices from a Culture. His articles on Deaf culture have been published in the national RID Views, and he has been used extensively in many ASL translation projects.