Faculty and Staff

Caralee Crye

Caralee Crye (better known as Sister CC) was born hearing, then became deaf at two years old. She grew up in New Mexico and went to the New Mexico School for the Deaf (in Albuquerque) as a child and then mainstreamed into the public schools until she graduated. She attended BYU, then served an ASL mission [Sister Carver] in the Texas Houston Mission. After her mission, she taught at the Missionary Training Center. She graduated from BYU and married her sweetheart from New Mexico, Clay Crye. They have four beautiful children. 


Caralee has been involved in many activities within the Deaf community. She was an assistant director and director of BYU Workshop for the Deaf (1986 and 1987). She also ran the ASL Mission reunion in 1989. She currently is an advisor for the ASL Institute Council and serves as an ordinance worker in the Mount Timpanogos Temple. She is also  serving on temple committee under the ASL Board of Education. She teaches both ASL Seminary and Institute.  


Caralee loves to read. She also enjoys running, caving, and martial arts (American Kenpo and Danzan Ryu Jujitsu). She loves animals and has kept a variety of them over the years (dogs, cats, rabbits, gerbils, ferrets, fish, etc.) Currently she has one dog.


Kayleen Pugh

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 Jensen

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 three adorable grandchildren. Rick loves working with the Deaf Community and he and his wife and both professionally certified interpreters.

Elder Jose Murillo

Elder Murillo is Deaf  and is currently serving a service mission in Washington DC. He serves in the  Washington DC temple, on the grounds, and as an ordinance worker. His new assignment now includes serving as an Institute assistant teacher!