Her linguistic research builds on earlier work on code-calling, analyzing how artists like Kneecap use language as a tool of resistance and how these practices resonate across Indigenous communities, including collaborations with Elders of the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe.

Before entering academia, Henry served as a Master-at-Arms K-9 handler in the United States Navy.

She is a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant alumna (Romania, 2017–2018), where she taught, conducted research on the 1989 Romanian Revolution, and delivered lectures on Ojibwe culture across Romania and Moldova.