Lydia Callis

I had to learn how to grow up very quickly, at the same time, I felt good. ... I could help my parents.

I didn't learn how to speak until I started preschool, there were times throughout my life where I definitely felt like the odd girl out.

I'm really an advocate and an ally for the deaf community because I do have a voice, i'm that one hearing person in my family that has a voice so I'm going to use it.

It was important for me to express the urgency of what was going... by Lydia Callis

It was important for me to express the urgency of what was going on.

The reason I was there was to provide access to the deaf community, not to be some sort of parodied viral superstar.

I wanted to be a free bird and ... travel and be on my own and experience the world on my own time and at my own pace.