Rorri Burton

Rorri Burton is a multiply certified, community-raised interpreter who hails from Chicago, where she began learning American Sign Language at an early age.  After graduating college with her degree in Deaf Education, she taught in school districts around the country for ten years, before beginning what she assumed would be a temporary foray into a career as a full time ASL Interpreter.  Sixteen years and five cities later, Rorri has interpreted in a variety of settings, including Video Relay Service, vacation cruises, televised press conferences, Hollywood film sets, operating rooms, court rooms, awards shows, and Broadway stages, among others.  She is the founder and director of Pro Bono ASL, a group of Black, Latiné, Indigenous, MENA, Asian and Pacific Islander interpreters, who are providing culturally relevant and professional interpreting services around the country, for a wide range of industries and entities.