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She is currently living in Arizona with her husband and daughter.
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She was the MC of the Friday night performance at the International Sign Language Theater Festival in October 2007
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Deanne and Troy's daughter, Kyra is hearing.
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On the 25th and 26th of February 2006 Deanne Bray performed in The Vagina Monologue. This was part of the V-Day Berkeley DeafHope 2006 campaign.
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She was invited by NBC to appear at the 2005 NBC 17 Heath & Fitness Festival.
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In the Summer of 2006 a DVD about pregnancy was released and was produced by Deanne Bray and Missy Keast. It was in ASL.
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Deanne Bray's daughter Kyra Monique Kotsur weighed 7lb 11ozs at birth.
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Deanne Bray was in charge of the sign language in the Sue Thomas F.B.eye episode To Grandmother's House We Go.
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Deanne Bray served as the Mistress of Ceremonies at CelSign 2006.
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Deanne Bray is approximately 5 feet 7 and a half inches tall.
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Deanne learned ASL when she was around 14 years old.
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She earned a B.A. degree in Biology at California State University at Northridge.
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She has worked with California's Deaf West Theatre and the National Theatre of the Deaf.
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Deanne Bray communicates both through spoken English and also American Sign Language.
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First discovered while performing with the Deaf dance troupe Prism West.
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Her role models include Phyllis Frelich, Linda Bove, Freda Norman, and Sue Thomas, who her show is based on.
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She is sometimes credited as Deanne Lee Bray.
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She was born with a hearing impairment possibly as a result of German Measles.
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Her favorite quote is the African proverb: "It takes a village to raise a child."
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Her husband Troy Kotsur is also deaf.
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She is a math and science teacher for deaf and hard-of-hearing students.
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She wears a hearing aid in her left ear.
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She is profoundly deaf in her right ear and has a 78db hearing loss in her left ear.
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Deanne, and her husband Troy Kotsur, welcomed there first child, Kyra Bray-Kotsur, to the world on September 8th 2005.
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Deanne established a program for deaf children called "Little Bookworm Club" which was mentioned on "Endings and Beginnings."