At 13-years-old, Cole teaches sign language to people at the climbing gym, neighbors at the movie theater, and strangers in the grocery store aisle.
He’s an ambassador, his mother Marisa Quiterio laughs, “We call him the future governor.”
Cole is gregarious, bright-eyed, free of any self-consciousness about his hearing aids…
“Isaiah gave me my sign name,” says Hannah Perry. It’s the combination of the letter “H” and the sign for “excited”. “Because he said I was always happy,” she laughs.
Hannah is the assistant crew supervisor for the Rocky Mountain Youth Corps (RMYC). She and Isaiah Peterson, who is deaf…
Therese Garcia’s sons, 12-year-old twins Jared and Forrest and nine-year-old Noah, play chess with their uncle on weekends. They learn new strategies while teasing and joking.
“I grew up an only child and wondered what it would be like to have a close relationship to siblings,” says Therese. …
