Right after college, I was trying to figure out what to do. Teach? Act? Model? Do PR for the deaf community? And now I'm doing all I dreamed of and more.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.
I have always aspired to be the type of role model who can bridge the deaf and hearing communities.
One of the things I did when I was in New York, which has a wonderful deaf community, is I have worked on making Broadway more accessible to deaf people.
I placed over a thousand deaf people in jobs throughout my career working for the deaf.
I'm really excited to educate the world about what deaf people can do.
I took some classes in sign language when I was in my early teens because I was told that I would be completely deaf very early. But I never really wanted to learn.
I got my mathematics degree because I wanted to teach deaf children math.
I am one hundred percent ready to be a spokesperson for the deaf community.
I've always wanted to write a book relating my experiences growing up as a deaf child in Chicago. Contrary to what people might think, it wasn't all about hearing aids and speech classes or frustrations.
Growing up, I was always involved in the deaf community.