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• ‟ Growing up, I never thought about becoming an actress because I never saw deaf people in TV or movies. I didn't think it was possible.

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• ‟ I have no problem with how people communicate. But I think it's important... for everyone to be open to learn sign language.

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• ‟ I'd like to meet more people and gain more experiences and travel.

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• ‟ I'm not as savvy and knowledgable about all of the directors that are out there, but as a person, I'm really open-minded and love meeting new people and watching the way directors film and their perspectives and following their lead.

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• ‟ A lot of people say the middle child is the most adventurous. That's me!

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• ‟ When I was in 2nd or 3rd grade, the drama teacher at my deaf school noticed that I liked to tell stories and had really good expression. I could entertain people with my stories.

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• ‟ I was very shy. I didn't really hang around with hearing people very much. Mostly I had deaf friends.

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• ‟ We do need more deaf people in Hollywood. But I don't think that deaf people always have to play a deaf role. I think we can play different roles. We need to see more diversity period. More people of color. More disabled people. More gender diversity. All kinds of diversity.

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