Amber Galloway (born 12 March 1977) is a sign language interpreter specializing in the interpretation of concerts and music festivals, especially rap/hip-hop, into American Sign Language (ASL). She has been described as "..the most recognizable sign language interpreter in the [United States]." Biography Early life Galloway was born in San Antonio, Texas, and currently lives in Austin, Texas. She identifies as a lesbian. While Galloway is not Deaf herself, she is hard of hearing and has been surrounded by members of the Deaf community since the age of five. Among her Deaf and hard of hearing acquaintances in early childhood were her father's girlfriend's son and the two children of her babysitter. In high school, she was friends with a Deaf football player she later married. They had three sons together and fostered a Deaf son. As a child, Galloway wanted to become a rapper, and as a young adult she wanted to become a physical therapist, but a Deaf guidance counselor at her university, San Antonio College (SAC), pushed her to pursue sign language interpretation. While initially skeptical, after attending one semester at the school's ASL interpretation degree program, she committed to it and graduated from SAC with an Associate of Arts degree in interpreting for the Deaf in 2000. In 2008 she graduated with her bachelor's degree in psychology and then went on to earn a master's degree in ASL/English Interpretation. She interpreted her first live concert in 2001. In 2005, she moved to Houston. Lollapalooza viral video A handheld video from the crowd of Galloway interpreting A$AP Rocky's "Fuckin' Problems" (performed by Kendrick Lamar) at Lollapalooza in 2013 became a viral video hit when uploaded to YouTube. Although she had been interpreting at concerts since 2000, the video brought the issue of the accessibility of music to mainstream attention. After the video became popular, Galloway made an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with Wiz Khalifa. She has since interpreted on stage for over 400 artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Snoop Dogg. Post-viral video Galloway's hearing loss is progressive, and she expects to go completely Deaf in the future, which is one motivation for her work. Currently, she uses hearing aids and lipreading along with ASL to aid in communication. When not interpreting, she teaches sign language at Houston Community College (HCC). She also owns a company, Amber G Productions, which provides interpreters for