Greetings
I'm in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas
We have two seasons - Spring and Summer.
We're right on the US/Mexico border. County population about 750,000
about 90% latino
We get about 60,000 Winter Texans (Snow Bords) that migrate here each winter from as far away as Canada.
I'm not Deaf, but a student in college working on becoming a teacher and I encountered Deaf students that were (unknown then) signing "block head" and "stupid" because I didn't understand them. Later I learned that there is a severe lack of Deaf teachers and many have said it's too time consuming. This fueld a desire to learn ASL so in two years when I graduate I can also take the level 1 state interpreters exam and pass it.