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Bregitt Viviana Jimenez is a proud Latino Deaf Woman from Chicago, Illinois; her family comes from Mexico. She was one of the seven GRO-Honduras '09 delegates where it was her first time working with international deaf youth. Bregitt graduated from Gallaudet University in May 2010 with a degree in communication studies. She has worked in several camps such as World Federation of the Deaf Youth Section Camp, Keeping the Promise Leadership retreat, Deaf Youth Camp in Michigan, and Latino Leadership retreat. Additionally, she successfully coordinated camp 2009 for the Deaf Youth United States America in Fort Collins, Colorado, focusing on developing leadership skills for Deaf youth. Bregitt’s future goal is to enroll into the Master’s of Social Work program at Gallaudet University. With this degree, she wants to work with deaf people of diversity and to educate them about leadership and opportunities that are available. |