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At age 11, Aura was living in a rural area about one hour outside of Tegucigalpa. She had a handful of home signs she used with her family, no formal education, could not read or write, and did not know her own name. A missionary brought Aura to Little Rock, Arkansas where she attended the Arkansas School for the Deaf. Aura lived with a foster family who signed fluently. Her foster father was Deaf and her foster mother was an interpreter. Their four children were all fluent signers. Aura learned quickly and advanced from 2nd grade to 4th grade to 7th grade. She graduated in 2000, and one week later returned to her home country, Honduras, to work among the Deaf community with New Life Deaf Ministry. She is now a kindergarten teacher with the Happy Hands School for the Deaf, married to a wonderful Deaf man, and has a 5-year-old daughter (hearing). Aura serves in leadership within the New Life Deaf Church. |