You should have assumed many ways of why this person was learning ASL at a later time. Why ask us? It is pretty simple - you can't expect them to learn when they are younger.I am impressed with her discussion in article. Why did she learn asl and deaf culture later? What about first one learn everything but still go ivy league ever proud of her deaf culture in front of hearies?
interesting, I would like to talk to her one day about her job as a policy analyst. xD