The Hearing Loss Association of America - Chester County Chapter announced the award of the fifth annual Mortimer Bauer Memorial Scholarship to Jennifer Castillo. Castillo was chosen for her award-winning essay and a life spent learning how to speak up for herself and advocating for people with hearing loss.
Castillo was born deaf and received her first cochlear implant (CI) when she was 7. She recently received her second CI. Over the course of her childhood, Castillo participated in speech therapy and auditory training, learning Spanish, English, English Sign Language, and American Sign Language (ASL) along the way.
Now a student at Downingtown East High School, Castillo teaches an ASL Club, is captain of the track and field team and maintains a 3.8 grade point average. She plans to attend Rochester Institute of Technology and major in diagnostic medical sonography.
For more information about the Hearing Loss Association of America - Chester County Chapter, visit http://www.hearinglosschesco.com or email hlaachesco@gmail.com.
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