Ashlee’ (Flo) McHenry, M.A., NIC
Certified ASL Interpreter | Deaf Advocate
📞 (818)-270-6731 | ✉️ [email protected] | 🌐 Linkedin
Ashlee “Flo The Terp” McHenry is a Black female Certified ASL Interpreter, committed to providing exceptional access for Deaf audiences at large-scale events, corporate spaces, and more. She brings over a decade of signing experience ensuring equitable access in higher education, live music, virtual and performance settings, to name a few. With only 4% of certified ASL interpreters being of Black descent, Flo is proud to contribute to greater representation in the field.
Work Experience
Floetyc Communications & Services LLC (2023 – Present)
Qualifications
Certified ASL Interpreter | Deaf Advocate
📞 (818)-270-6731 | ✉️ [email protected] | 🌐 Linkedin
Ashlee “Flo The Terp” McHenry is a Black female Certified ASL Interpreter, committed to providing exceptional access for Deaf audiences at large-scale events, corporate spaces, and more. She brings over a decade of signing experience ensuring equitable access in higher education, live music, virtual and performance settings, to name a few. With only 4% of certified ASL interpreters being of Black descent, Flo is proud to contribute to greater representation in the field.
Work Experience
Floetyc Communications & Services LLC (2023 – Present)
- Founder & Lead Interpreter of an ASL interpreting agency specializing in entertainment, music performance, and on-set work, worked with:
- Live Nation Entertainment (Jon Bell, Director of Accessibility, [email protected])
- Collaborated with over 20 agencies (as a contractor), providing simultaneous & consecutive ASL interpretation
- Specialized in designated interpreting & Deaf interpreter teaming for high-profile shows & music shows
- Interpreted in diverse settings, including:
- Commercial, Film & Television Productions
- Netflix
- Gillette Venus
- Live Events & Festivals (Highlights of 2024)
- 65th Annual Grammy Awards (Red Carpet)
- The Black Music Collective (Grammy)
- Rolling Loud Los Angeles
- CSUN Big Show (Steve Aiko)
- Coachella
- Electric Daisy Carnival (EDC)
- Bottlerock Napa
- Day Trip
- San Francisco Pride, San Diego Pride, West Hollywood Pride
- Lollapalooza
- Fools In Love
- Camp Flog Gnaw (10th Year)
- Formula 1 Las Vegas Grand Prix (F1)
- & more
- Conferences & Panels
- NAACP
- SXSW
- Sephoria
- Higher Education
- Staff Meetings & Interviews
- Tech Industry
- Apple
- Nvidia
- Workday
- Virtual & Hybrid Settings (Zoom, Webinars, Online Streaming)
- Commercial, Film & Television Productions
Qualifications
- National Interpreter Certification (NIC) – Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc (RID) Certified (Jan 2024)
- Master of Arts in Higher Education Leadership (2020)
- Educational Leadership & Policy Studies, California State University, Northridge (CSUN)
- Bachelor of Arts in Deaf Studies – ASL Literature (CSUN 2018)
- Registered in California & Nevada. Provided services in additional states such as: Illinois, Louisiana, Texas
- Specialized Training in Entertainment & Performance
- Hip-Hop/R&B Music Interpreting (Over 30+ Artists)
- International Deaf Studies Experience
- Cape Town, South Africa (2019)
- Designated Hearing Interpreter for Deaf Interpreter Collaborations