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Overflowing with humor, Alexandra Grossi is making us laugh while keeping it real. Her social channels are full of videos sharing what it's really like to live as a deaf person who uses Listening and Spoken Language.

Meet Elani, who is in the middle of an adventure of a lifetime! Elani is the first deaf person to make their way through the Americas mostly by bicycle.

The Simmons family is speaking at the AG Bell Global Listening and Spoken Language Virtual Symposium in June 2025. They will talk about navigating life with disabilities, how to be an advocate, and empowering others to embrace their unique stories. This is their journey.

Margaret Hargrove has worked tirelessly to build non-biased parent support programs in Maryland. Read about the far-reaching impact of her work.

Meet Provo City's first deaf police officer and read about her journey into law enforcement.

The George H. Nofer Scholarship helps deaf law students as they work towards a successful law career.

Symposium scholarships open the door to possibilities for emerging professionals in countries growing LSL opportunities.

Candyverse is the pride and joy of 29-year-old Andres, a deaf adult who is conquering the candy market via social media.

Award-winning cinematographer Kimby Caplan shares her journey leveraging her hearing loss into an advantage in the movie industry.

STEMM-HEAR supports college-aged students with hearing loss and provides mentorship to encourage them in their fields of study.

Until high school, Emerson Henry had never met someone else with hearing loss. After LOFT, she joined AG Bell as a member and has become one of its newest staff!

AG Bell congratulates Valerie Lew, MA, CCC-SLP, on receiving the 2024 Doreen Pollack LSLS Cert. AVT Scholarship. Valerie is a pediatric speech-language pathologist at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She has worked at UCLA in outpatient clinic and inpatient acute hospital settings for the past nine years. She is also the lead speech pathologist on the UCLA Cochlear Implant Team.

AG Bell is pleased to award Tina Gonzalez, M.Ed., the 2024 AG Bell AVEd Scholarship. She is a classroom teacher in a Listening and Spoken Language (LSL) program for pre-K students ages 3-5 at Quest Elementary in Melbourne, FL.

From LOFT to LSLS, Laney’s dream of being an auditory-verbal therapist has come full circle.

Theo and Lucana Hirschfield are a talented sibling duo who also happen to be deaf. This is Theo’s story.