Watch: Beloved MN sign language interpreter profiled on Today Show Nic Zapka's work made her an internet celebrity last year. Author: First, she gets her own "day" in Minnesota, and now, the spotlight on one of America's most popular morning news shows. You might not know her by name, but you've almost certainly seen Nic Zapka. Since the start of the pandemic and through the civil unrest that followed George Floyd's death, she's been at Gov. Tim Walz's side as his sign language interpreter, relating important news and safety information to Minnesota's deaf and hard of hearing. She became a celebrity in her own right owing to her highly expressive and accurate sign language interpretations, building quite a following social media.