How This Deaf Artist Found Her True Identity Through Art and Community

Mia Sanchez shares her journey to becoming proud of her identity as a deaf afro-latina woman and artist. She explains the difficulties of growing up as the only deaf person in her family and at school, and how she finally learned to express herself fully through art. She and her children also share the ways they code switch between not only the hearing and deaf communities, but also between the white deaf community and the Black deaf community. Through her artwork, Mia represents inclusivity and diversity–a vision of the world inspired by her journey and where she comes from.

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