• Born and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Proud heritage of Afro-Caribbean roots hailing from Barbados, Guyana, and Trinidad & Tobago.
  
• Oversees the Training and Education department at the Texas Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services based in Austin, under the Health and Human Services Commission.
  
• After mainstreaming all the way through high school and learning ASL at age 14, she received her undergraduate degree from RIT/NTID and graduate degree from Gallaudet University in Developmental Psychology and Psy.S in School Psychology.
  
• She enjoys reading, yoga, travel, cooking new recipes, and dog walking!
  

Signed the song "Here Right Now" by Rhea for Deaf Awareness Month 2019

Andrés Otalora

• Andrés Otalora, commonly known as Flash, is a native New Yorker with a Colombian heritage.
  
• While studying graphic design at Gallaudet University, he took a course on film and literature which opened his eyes and inspired him to become a filmmaker.
  
• Since then, like all humble beginnings, he began shooting weddings and getting involved in theater, which then evolved to becoming Director of Photography, Director, and Editor for films.
  
• He interprets each cinematic shot as a blank canvas to be painted. His love for filmmaking is only growing as he continues to make it his life’s art.
  
  One of the best film he produced: "In the Can"

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