Kristi Dorris has been an American Sign Language instructor in the Department of World Languages at Boise State University since 2014. She received her Bachelor’s degree in History with a minor in Geography from California State University Northridge in 2005. She, then, graduated from Gallaudet University with a Masters degree in Sign Language Education in 2019. Kristi, being young, had a lot of interest in history, especially when it comes to the achievements in the Deaf History. Her ambition for ASL was ignited by starting a teaching practice in her local community. With her rich experience, sign language teaching is what she wanted to excel in and improve her teaching skills by attaining a masters degree in Sign Language Education. She also has a lot of passion and motivation when it comes to learning more kinds of foreign sign languages.