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Kellie Porter, MS, NIC, Ed:K-12, is an interpreter, mentor, and interpreter educator. She has over 20 years of experience in K-12 settings, as well as community and VRS contexts. Her career began in both general and Deaf Education classrooms, where she progressed from a regular education assistant to a signing classroom assistant before transitioning into professional interpreting. Kellie’s academic background includes a bachelor’s degree in ASL-English Interpretation, with a concentration in educational interpreting and a minor in ASL, from the University of Northern ºÚÁÏÉçÇø (UNC). She also earned an ASL-English Interpreting Master of Science degree from the University of North Florida (UNF), with a concentration in educational interpreting. Kellie works full-time as an educational interpreter in Virginia, part-time as an interpreter mentor nationwide, and as an educator in the School Interpreter Series at UNC. Most recently, she developed and facilitates an educational skills development resource under the Preparing School Interpreters Project, an OSEP grant housed at UNC. Her professional interests include interpreter development, educational access, and supporting both emerging and experienced interpreters in serving Deaf and hard-of-hearing students.