>> I went to the University of Pittsburgh for my Undergraduate and I was
in the English Writing Program back in the day when it was CAS and I now I think its SAS.
But, I went there and one of when I was here for a tour, one of my pathfinders
and idly I became a pathfinder myself.
She was a very instrumental person in shaping me, but one of my pathfinders, tour guide,
she did her introduction of the tour in sign language and I was like, wow,
that's really cool, where did she learn that.
And, she was like, well, I learned that here at Pitt in Sign Language Classes.
Very cool!
So, my freshman year I was on the wait list.
I went to every class until I could get in there, it was closed.
You can't everyone was, like, you're never going to get into a sign language class.
I went [laughter] and eventually the teacher let me in.
She was like, yeah, I'll sign your paper, that's cool, come into this class.
And it was not easy, it was an intensive class and like 4-5 hours a week just in class,
and then you've got your outside class work and but it was fun and I loved it.
And, I did that for I went through Sign 1, 2, 3, and 4 in my freshman and sophomore year.
And then, my junior year I became a teaching assistant and the teacher who was here
who I ended up having as my last teacher,
she was a deaf lady herself and she is just an awesome lady.
She had a group here called "Beautiful Hands" and we were a performance group
and we did sign language in the community and kind of went to nursing homes and the Signathon
in Pittsburgh and did our little performances.
And, it was fun and I kind of really was like, wow,
deaf people are my kind of people, I like them.