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![Learning American Sign Language with others takes a special skill, but if your teacher is also deaf, this makes your experience more authentic. Which is exactly what Sherylynn (@asllesson) is going for with her ASL classes. #DeafAtWork
[VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: Sherylynn is standing in a conference room. The NAD logo is at the bottom right corner.
SHERYLYNN: I had friends tell me I should become a teacher. I continued to teach because it was fun. I didn’t use instruction books because ASL was my first language, so I taught what I already knew. They told me to set up a beginners class, the idea intrigued me. I offered free classes at first. I invited anyone who wanted to learn. Then, in year two, I charged five dollars per class because I started to see my class size grow. Then my program became official, with fees and all. And this is what I’ve been doing for the last nine years, it has grown tremendously!
Black and white clip of Sherylynn teaching a class. In the center, a white border surrounding white text “SHERYLYNN” underneath, appears in white text “ASL TEACHER”.
SHERYLYNN: My name is Sherylynn Summer, I’m an ASL teacher in Hawaii and I own an ASL teaching business.
Black and white clip of Sherylynn teaching a class off screen.]](https://www.nad.org/wp-content/plugins/instagram-feed/img/placeholder.png)