โSigning with Khy, a Sign Language Guideโ
Today we wanted to give a ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ to one of our students, Khyiana Tate! ๐โฃโฃโฃ
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Khyiana was just featured on Fox 2 Detroit taking about her new book โSigning with Khy, a Sign Language Guideโ. She wanted to create something that deaf and people of color could relate to. She believes that everyone should learn sign language! โฃโฃโฃ
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Khyiana is not a new face to the Yunion, as she is also a part of our โGirls Changing the Gameโ Stem Drone Program. She is truly one of the most committed, smart, and determined young ladies we know. ๐ชโฃโฃโฃ
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๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ค๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ค๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ด๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ! ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ด, ๐๐ฉ๐บ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ข! ๐โฃโฃโฃ
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Click the link below to watch the full interview!๐ฒ
https://www.fox2detroit.com/…/inspired-by-lack-of…
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