Curriculum Production Contributors

The team behind our curriculum book, in addition to the authors, includes our graphic designer, illustrator, and deaf language models (ASL-fluent, self-identified deaf individuals who sign the instructional videos for ASL at Home). We are grateful for their creativity and expertise!

Art Team

  • Sheena Stuart-Milburn, a light-skinned person with brown hair wearing a sleeveless purple shirt, smiles for the camera in front of a building and some plants, which are blurred in the background.

    Sheena Stuart-Milburn, Graphic Designer

    Sheena Stuart-Milburn has called Rochester, NY, home since she obtained a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design from Rochester Institute of Technology. After graduation, Sheena embarked on a career path that saw her grow from Graphic Designer at a woman-led small business to become the Creative Director at the world's largest Deaf-led non-profit, Communication Service for the Deaf (CSD). With over a decade’s worth of creative design and web development under her belt, Sheena set up her own business, Design to Glow, to continue what she loves: providing top-quality visual assets and user experiences.

    Sheena loves to play role-playing video games, go for long walks, and spend time with her family’s four cats. She is also passionate about elevating the Deaf/HH community and improving oneself through continuous learning -- two big reasons why she is involved with ASL at Home.

  • Youmee Lee, an Asian-American person with a teal shirt and floral skirt, sits on a bench with a decorate metal back, drawing in a notebook and not looking at the camera.

    Youmee Lee, Illustrator

    Youmee Lee (she/her) is a deaf Asian American artist based in Rochester, New York. She is passionate about making information visually accessible and inviting to everybody. She is truly excited to see the book shine with her illustrations. She graduated with an MFA in Film and Animation, and she is continuing her freelance career in animation and illustration afterward. Her website is YoumeeLee.com

    She enjoys reading books, biking in nature, cooking international cuisines, and visiting museums/galleries.

Deaf Language Models

  • Diego, a light-skinned nonbinary Chicanx, is smiling at the camera, while holding a menu at a table. They are wearing dark rimmed glasses, a dark navy blue shirt with white dots. There are green trees in the background.

    Diego Ozuna-Clark

    Diego Ozuna-Clark (pronouns they, them, theirs) is a proud native of the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas and lived in Austin, Texas for ten years. Currently, they are living in Saint Paul, Minnesota with their partner and two dogs, Rowan and Caribou.

    Diego is working as the Community Engagement Coordinator at the National Deaf Center (NDC) and has a passion for community-based projects and programs. They are a foodie, video gamer, sneakerhead, and enjoys the outdoors.

  • Lauren smiles for the camera, wearing a black short-sleeved shirt. She has glasses and long, curly blonde hair. She is in front of a window, with tall green plants on either side of her.

    Lauren Hostovsky

    Lauren Hostovsky (she/her) hails from Boston, Massachusetts. She currently lives in Hawaii and she has been working in multiple different roles such as an ASL Instructor, Early Language Specialist and also as a Deaf mentor to hearing families with Deaf and Hard of Hearing children. She is strongly passionate about her work and especially making connections with families and teaching them ASL to better support their communication with their Deaf and H/H children. She is excited to be on board and serve as a language model for ASL at Home for the second edition of the curriculum.

  • Romduol Ngov smiles for the camera, wearing a white shirt with blue sleeves, with plants blurry in the background

    Romduol Ngov

    Romduol Ngov (they/them) is Khmer Trans Genderfluid Deaf and a child of refugee parents. They were born in Sacramento and raised in the Bay Area. They work as a Deaf interpreter.

    Romduol loves to go on adventures, socialize with friends & family, and spend time with their furbaby, Taylen. They are a hardcore gamer and play games in their free time after work.

  • Tess Dozier stands in front of a background of hills and trees, wearing a purple shirt with lace sleeves and long dangly earrings.

    Tess Dozier

    Tess Dozier (she/her) as a bachelor’s degree in social work and a master’s degree in teaching ASL from the University of Northern Colorado. She has lived and worked within the deaf community of Puerto Rico in the social work, interpreting, ASL teaching, and DHH teaching fields. In her free time she enjoys reading, going to the beach, and driving through the scenic mountains. She is excited to serve as a language model for a trilingual curriculum that provides ASL instruction for families of deaf children that speak both English and Spanish.