For over 13 years Emmalee has been a part time employee teaching seminary and institute. Emmalee is currently a member of the first ASL Board of Education serving as the chairwoman over the children and youth sub-committee. Her current calling is the chairwoman for the Deaf Symposium and FSDY (For the Strength of Deaf Youth). She is also the owner of Deaf Saints 4 Christ since 2019; a social media platform to bring awareness of ASL content, resources for the deaf Latter-Day saint community. Since 2020 she has managed weekly vlogs via YouTube called "One by One Come Follow Me." Over the years Emmalee has been involved with various film management and productions. She has had assorted opportunities to serve as president or counselor in relief society, young women's, primary, temple worker. She served an ASL mission in Phoenix AZ. Emmalee is a graduate of Utah State University. She is married to her pre-school BFF, Dean. They have been married for 14 years with 3 energetic children (ages 13, 11, & 9). She loves to create opportunities for family and friends to gather. Someday she hopes to lead ASL church history tours. Her personal mantra she lives by, "When life gives you lemons, God can use them to change lives."  

Kayleen was born in Salt Lake City, Utah. She went to Utah State University for two years and put it on hold to go on a deaf mission in California and Washington, DC in 1980 and 1981. She went back to USU to complete her bachelor's degree and went to Western Maryland College to get her master's degree in Deaf Education. She moved to Alabama and taught mathematics at ASD's high school for 21 years. She then moved to Atlanta, Georgia to teach at Atlanta Area School for the Deaf in high school mathematics. She has had several callings such as a teacher in SS, RS, and seminary. Currently, her callings are a deaf group coordinator in her ward, Atlanta temple ASL trainer and teaching online seminary to 16-18 hearing high schoolers. She loves outdoor activities especially in the mountains. She has 2 darling dogs and a beehive full of honeybees to raise. Her favorite scripture is Ether 12:27: "And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." 

Rick has been working with Seminaries and Institutes since 1997.  He has taught at various schools throughout the St. George, UT area and has also been a teacher and session director for EFY/FSY for many years. His current assignment is to coordinate the ASL Seminary and Institute programs for S&I. As part of that assignment, he serves on the ASL Board of Education for S&I and gets to work with some really great people! Rick served his mission in Santa Rosa, California and then graduated from Utah State University. He earned his master's degree from Southern Utah University. He and his wife, Wendy, were married in the Jordan River Temple in 1994 and are the proud parents of seven children. They also have four adorable grandsons with their first granddaughter on the way. Rick loves working with the Deaf Community and he and his wife and both professionally certified interpreters.

Kayla McLeod lives in Kansas. She been married to her best friend Sam McLeod for 9 years and they have two boys (Chuck, and James).   She is a stay at home mom and has also worked part time as an ASL teacher.  She attended Brigham Young University-Idaho and graduated with a Health Science major in 2016. She has enjoyed being a seminary teacher since January 2023.  She is thrilled to have an opportunity to know you and work with you!

Jerry and Stefanie live in Idaho and were married in the Idaho Falls temple in 1994.  They lived in Logan, Utah where they first met at Utah State University, and have since lived in Salt Lake City, UT, and Madison Wisconsin. 

Jerry served an ASL mission in St. Louis, Missouri his full two years. Past callings include teaching Primary together and various other age groups. They served as Ward missionaries in Madison, WI.  Stefanie has taught ASL for over 20 years and started a "Learn ASL" church class for future interpreters that is held over Zoom. In January 2021, they were called to teach ASL Seminary and Institute and enjoy this calling.

They love to plan events, attend conferences for the Deaf (especially Deaf Symposium), dress up for Halloween, serve in the community, do arts and crafts, decorate for holidays, see musical plays, watch adventurous and Hallmark movies, camp, and travel. 

They have 2 kittens born in October 2022 and had 3 previous cats that they call their fur babies. They also have some "adopted kids" who call them "Deaf mom" or "Deaf dad" that they met through their ASL classes, who have invited them to their temple sealings. They love playing with their 21 nephews and 9 nieces, and some have taken an interest in ASL.

Eric was born in Decatur, Illinois to a third-deaf generation family. He went to Gallaudet University and was later baptized as a member of the church.   He served a mission to the Deaf/HH in Riverside, CA and Great Falls, Montana. After serving his mission, he returned to Gallaudet University he graduated with a bachelor's degree in American Government. He worked for the Department of Defense as an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) Specalist and manager, and is now retired.  Eric and his wife have four sons.   In his spare time, he enjoys building his model railroading layout, extensively researches his family trees, and participates in fun activities with his sons.  He loves the scriptures and enjoys teaching!