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    Ana Kristina Arce is a deaf Filipino woman who has achieved great success in her education and career. She graduated with high honors from multiple universities, including earning a Master's degree from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. on a prestigious scholarship. Her goal is to advocate for the deaf community and help integrate deaf and hearing people. Gilda Quintua-Nakahara is a deaf entrepreneur who runs a successful travel agency catering to deaf travelers. She worked hard to learn the business and overcome discrimination to establish her agency. She aims to show that deaf people can work regular jobs and participate fully in society. These profiles highlight two deaf Filipinos, Ana and Gilda,

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    Ana Kristina Arce is a deaf Filipino woman who has achieved great success in her education and career. She graduated with high honors from multiple universities, including earning a Master's degree from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. on a prestigious scholarship. Her goal is to advocate for the deaf community and help integrate deaf and hearing people. Gilda Quintua-Nakahara is a deaf entrepreneur who runs a successful travel agency catering to deaf travelers. She worked hard to learn the business and overcome discrimination to establish her agency. She aims to show that deaf people can work regular jobs and participate fully in society. These profiles highlight two deaf Filipinos, Ana and Gilda,

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    Ana Kristina Arce is a deaf Filipino woman who has achieved great success in her education and career. She graduated with high honors from multiple universities, including earning a Master's degree from Gallaudet University in Washington D.C. on a prestigious scholarship. Her goal is to advocate for the deaf community and help integrate deaf and hearing people. Gilda Quintua-Nakahara is a deaf entrepreneur who runs a successful travel agency catering to deaf travelers. She worked hard to learn the business and overcome discrimination to establish her agency. She aims to show that deaf people can work regular jobs and participate fully in society. These profiles highlight two deaf Filipinos, Ana and Gilda,

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    FAMOUS PERSONS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN

    THE Philippines

    Ana Kristina Arce

    Search for Ana Kristina Arce on YouTube and you'll find video upon video of commencement
    speeches. Without a sound, she is able to communicate passion and hope in her speeches.

    Deaf since she was born, Ana's hearing disability didn't stop her from unstoppable yearning to
    learn. She was awarded class valedictorian at the Philippine School for the Deaf and her success
    in the academe went on from there.

    In 2009, she graduated magna cum laude from the De La Salle - College of Saint Benilde (CSB)
    with a degree in Applied Deaf studies. Her focus was on the multimedia arts and she went on to
    become a graphic artist at her alma mater, CSB.

    Blazing the trail, she continued on to study abroad to pursue a Master's Degree. She earned her
    MA in Deaf Studies from the Gallaudet University, Washington D.C., one of the world's most
    prominent universities in the field of deaf studies. She is the first Filipino to be sent to Gallaudet
    University with a World Deaf Leadership Scholarship.

    Why all the studying? Ana says she wants to give back. On the New Internationalist Blog she
    said:

    “I hope to not only help them (the deaf) go through college, but also make them good
    researchers, and active advocates in their respective communities. In my advocacy, I’m looking
    at opportunities to bring the needs of the Deaf into the consciousness of society, especially the
    hearing people. I aim to help integrate the Deaf and the hearing together in unity, bridge the
    communication gap, increase awareness of the Deaf culture, and raise the respect for the natural
    sign language of the Filipino Deaf – the Filipino Sign Language."

    Hear her words in the video below:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfHy8a33JAE

    Gilda Quintua-Nakahara

    To run her business and talk to people, Gilda uses her hands — either through pen and paper or
    Filipino Sign Language. The definition of a successful Deaf Entrepreneur, she runs a travel and
    tour business called Nakahara Lodging and Travel Agency. Catering to those like her, it's
    primarily a travel service for deaf people around the world, though they also provide services for
    hearing people.

    Drawing inspiration from foreign deaf friends, she and her fellow deaf Pinoys met in tourist
    spots, and she decided to set up her own business starting in 2004. A travel agency like any
    other, she's known for her reliable arrangements and service which she describes has "age-old"
    Filipino hospitality.

    Pushing through discrimination and barriers, she managed to learn the ins and outs of booking
    flights, accommodations, and tour management.

    In 2007, she was recognized at the Go Negosyo Caravan for People with Disabilities in De Salle
    –College of St. Benilde. But, as she said in her interview with Manila Bulletin, representing the
    fellow deaf is its own reward.
    “As a deaf person in this kind of business, I am proud to say that I have crossed the border of so-
    called limited access. I honestly worked hard to achieve my goals. I wanted to show the world
    that we are not cut off from mainstream society and we are capable of regularly doing and
    keeping our jobs like the rest of hearing and speaking people.”

    Aside from all of this, Gilda has helped establish a deaf organization in her province of Eastern
    Samar.

    It's not huge acts that make someone inspirational. It's the daily effort to better yourself in
    whatever situation you find yourself in. These three Filipinos are an inspiration not just to
    PWDs, but to the rest of us as well.

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