Teruel, Lauren

ID
2752
Nationality
American
Afro-American/Black
half Hispanic
Occupation
Beauty contestant
Student
Summary
Born at Chicago, IL; deaf in early childhood from unknown causes. Mainstreamed in Holy Trinity School 1st-8th grade, then transferred to the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, graduating 1995. Student at California State University, Northridge 1995-graduation 2000. First Black winner of the Miss Deaf America pageant, 2000-2002. Planned to enter graduate school in the fall of 2001.
References
NAD Broadcaster, July/August 2000.
Dates
1978?-