
JohnLewis09
Mar 30, 2009 Feb 01, 2010 3 17
I am an Editor in Chief and Director of Outreach marketing for www.deafnation.com. I am profoundly deaf and use American Sign Language. Our DeafNation Expos attracted over 250,000 people and we average 4,000 attendees each DeafNation Expos that we host in 15 cities annually.
Coverage highlights:
Interviewed deaf professional photographer Michael Pimentel, who is also a team photographer for a couple professional teams, at Oakland Colisuem where the Oakland A's played the Detroit Tigers as Press representing DeafNation Media. Pimentel's photos are seen in the Sport Illustrated magazine.
Covered the World Deaf Cycling Championships (WDCC), wrote all the WDCC articles and was also the photographer for DeafNation Media.
Interviewed Shoshanna Stern, actress.
Interviewed Bernard Bragg, actor.
Played an integral role in coverage of the Deaf Dean Always rally, influencing Ohlone College to consider hiring a Deaf Dean to better serve deaf students in American Sign Language, serving as the leader of the student panel interviewing the three finalists.
website: DeafNation
a fan of
San Francisco Giants
Golden State Warriors
San Francisco 49ers
Stanford Cardinal
Stanford Cardinal
Tiger Woods
Jimmie Johnson
Muhammad Ali
SJ Earthquakes
Lance Armstrong
Jimmy Connors
San Jose Sharks
