Meet Our Interpreting Service Team

Jessica Alise Harris

Owner / Interpreter

JHarris@JHinterpretingservices.com
Jessica Alise Harris is from New Orleans, La. She attended high school and college in Colorado and has enjoyed living in Florida since 1994. She is a Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (F.R.I.D.) QA Level 3 Sign Language Interpreter.

Jessica Harris has been involved with the Deaf and Interpreting community since August 1996. The first Deaf person she met was actually the instructor for her first sign class. She received her Associates Degree in Sign Language Interpretation and received the 1997-1998 Outstanding Internship in Interpreter Training Award from Hillsborough Community College Tampa, FL. Jessica Harris continued her education and received her Bachelor’s Degree in Sign Language Interpretation from the University of South Florida. During this time she also enjoyed working for five years as a Program Director for Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services of Florida, Inc. She is the former PAH!FRID (Pasco and Hernando Florida Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf) President. In 2004 she branched off to run her own Interpreting Agency.

She is also an extremely proud mother of her son and twin baby boy & girl. She looks forward to continuing to be actively involved in the deaf/interpreting community and to provide superior service to our community and interpreters.

Beth-Ann Champion Reed

Administrative Assistant

Bethann@JHinterpretingservices.com
I am Beth-Ann Champion Reed and would like to introduce myself. I am from Florida and was born Hard of Hearing. I was raised hearing and went through mainstreamed classes. I took my first sign language class in college and was immediately hooked and fascinated by the language. In 2000, I decided that I wanted to pursue a degree in sign language, so I took a refresher course through the Deaf & Hard of Hearing Services of Florida, Inc. where I met Jessica Harris. I completed my internship through Land O