I founded Stellar Communication June 1st, 2018 from both personal experience and a deep passion for building meaningful communication access.
As a Deaf professional who relied on ASL interpreting and captioning services throughout school, medical appointments, and major life experiences, I understand firsthand how powerful accessible communication can be — and how much it matters when it is done well.My journey into accessibility work began within Deaf-led nonprofit organizations, where I helped support and coordinate communication access programs in the heart of Portland Oregon. It was there that I discovered not only my passion for accessibility services, but also my love for building strong teams, solving complex coordination challenges, and creating environments where people feel fully included and understood.
I attended Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. — the world’s only university designed specifically for Deaf and Hard of Hearing students with an ASL-centered educational environment and culture. My academic studies focused on Early Childhood Development Psychology and communications, while I later studied Evolutionary Anthropology at the University of New Mexico. During that time, I worked as a research assistant for the International VL2 Learning Project under Dr. Jill Morford, Director of ASL Linguistics. Her work and mentorship had a profound impact on my understanding of language access, visual learning, communication quality, and the importance of culturally informed accessibility systems. Those experiences continue to shape the way I approach accessibility leadership and institutional coordination today.
For more than 12 years, I have coordinated ASL interpreting and captioning services across higher education, healthcare systems, executive meetings, conferences, public agencies, and large institutional environments. Over time, Stellar Communication has grown into a trusted accessibility partner supporting everything from university classrooms and medical programs to executive-level meetings, live events, and highly technical discussions requiring advanced interpreting and captioning expertise.
One of the things I love most about this work is bringing together exceptional accessibility professionals and watching communication barriers disappear in real time. Whether coordinating a straightforward assignment or a high-stakes executive meeting, I care deeply about building teams that prioritize professionalism, cultural understanding, communication clarity, and reliability.Accessibility is deeply personal to me, but it is also a field I continue to study and grow within professionally. My long-term goal is to continue expanding my work in accessibility leadership and ADA coordination while helping institutions create communication access systems that are thoughtful, inclusive, sustainable, and truly impactful.
