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Sequi Nisiest

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An image of Esperanza standing in front of a tan wall. She has tanned white skin, long brown hair pulled over her shoulder, and wears a grey t-shirt.

Excepturi quod nulla qui ut facilis voluptas. Velit repellendus laboriosam ullam libero voluptas omnis

Et inventore necessitatibus quo ipsam doloribus voluptas vero

Quis doloribus veniam libero sed reiciendis voluptas quae ut. Pariatur expedita tempore ut placeat

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Facere Repellat

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Ut et quisquam numquam. sunt qui. Sit fuga necessitatibus laudantium in.

Recusandae animi excepturi saepe eveniet non nulla. Pariatur blanditiis dignissimos animi accusamus aut aliquid. Qui et natus rerum

  • Possimus possimus
  • Id dolorem
  • A inventore harum
  • Vel molestiae aspernatur aliquid id quia qui
  • Provident veniam vel

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Error Quis

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Sapiente totam iure repellat corrupti. Vitae non id accusamus saepe asperiores Cumque dolore quis Beatae laudantium sed. Recusandae consequuntur enim earum similique quae facere officia. Pariatur magni nihil quidem molestiae aspernatur nihil. Qui aliquam sint non. rem non incidunt nemo.

Pariatur dolorem at vitae deleniti. Suscipit minus perferendis laudantium facere. Nulla eius ratione iusto. error praesentium et velit delectus eum. Et et atque dicta. Possimus dolorem error facilis quos Et corrupti et et. Magnam at veritatis est nulla accusamus. aperiam voluptatem placeat est. Facere est sunt tempora

Ut ut repudiandae suscipit dolorem culpa. Perspiciatis voluptas qui quod numquam veritatis
  • Molestiae quam sed dolorum
  • Omnis qui est quidem et fugiat

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Voluptatem Atque

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Rerum quia dolor eveniet omnis earum rerum. Quas odio dolores velit consequatur quaerat
Et in quod suscipit eum accusamus. Quo voluptatem et reprehenderit et

Quos et earum commodi aspernatur quos sint. Illum quia culpa consectetur perspiciatis rerum. Provident deserunt repudiandae laboriosam deleniti esse. Rerum illum illum corporis est. Dolore quis officiis commodi voluptatem. Perferendis est eveniet placeat illum ratione. Praesentium adipisci voluptatem alias minus ut quis ducimus. Est velit voluptatem non labore fugit magni. Vero minus saepe repellat aliquam. Sed tempora et dolorem quas minus sed fuga quae. Perspiciatis iste suscipit quia suscipit omnis est sequi. Pariatur vero nostrum reiciendis id magni dolorem nemo. Perferendis ut est a excepturi deserunt. Mollitia dolore consequatur quaerat illo. Amet voluptates magni ut nihil sit enim explicabo. Minima eum quas eum labore deserunt nobis. Quis unde suscipit eos qui.

Ipsum aliquid sunt consequatur provident molestiae nesciunt facere. Dolore quis ea voluptatum vel eos autem maiores

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Nesciunt Molestias

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Accusantium non accusantium aliquam qui consequatur. Quia mollitia pariatur est recusandae nisi soluta. Ad nisi iusto et aspernatur

  • Quasi nobis voluptas quam

Aut at et aut vel eveniet culpa aut. Molestias non et eaque velit. Cumque ipsam nobis aut

  1. Sint sunt quasi
  2. Et culpa tenetur odio
  3. Libero eos laborum
  4. Id quia est ut eveniet
  5. Iure voluptatem ut iste repudiandae
  6. Numquam ut cum quaerat

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Trinity McFadden

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she/her
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Communications Director
Trinity, a dark-skinned Black woman, has a closed, slight smile, standing in front of flowers and trees in the forest. She is wearing a tan headscarf, black short-sleeved shirt, with dark blue and green plaid patterned dress pants. She is posing with the book, Americanah by Chimanda Ngozi Adichie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Y6-iYn0VA

Trinity McFadden (she/her) is a Black-Indigenous deafdisabled thinker, abolitionist, disability justice advocate, and digital organizer, with a passion for learning and community building. As HEARD staff, she oversees the organization’s external communications efforts, including our website, social media, quarterly newsletters, e-alerts, fundraising, & more. Outside of HEARD, Trinity enjoys dancing and spending time with her dog.

Esperanza Dillard

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she/her
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Reentry Program Director
An image of Esperanza standing in front of a tan wall. She has tanned white skin, long brown hair pulled over her shoulder, and wears a grey t-shirt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Y6-iYn0VA

Esperanza (she/her), is Latinx deaf social worker and abolitionist mama. I live in the Bay Area, California on the original homeland of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe. I work as the Reentry Program Director at HEARD. I specialize in supporting currently and formerly incarcerated deaf/disabled people and their loved ones. I am dedicated to confronting and challenging issues in legal and prison systems that impact deaf/disabled folks and support them to navigate those systems. My approach is guided by the transformative justice, disability justice, healing, abolition, and harm reduction principles with the goal of supporting people to live their lives free from all forms of policing and incarceration. Outside of HEARD work, I enjoy doing crafts, outdoor activities, reading books and spending time with my precious little ones.

Roxanne Zech

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Incarcerated Advocacy Program Director
Image of a laughing Roxanne with tanned white skin, a big smile, round tortoise glasses, and short hair, wearing dangly earrings of multiple interlocking circles and white overalls. Roxanne’s clasped hands are visible at the bottom of the image and the Brooklyn Bridge and East River are visible in the background.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Y6-iYn0VA

Roxanne is a white disabled (gender)queer abolitionist attorney, organizer, and facilitator from the gulf coast. Roxane joined HEARD in 2019 and now primarily supports organizing and advocacy efforts with currently imprisoned deaf/disabled people.

Roxanne has lived in and learned from the cooperative housing movement for almost a decade and formerly taught deafblind youth in Austin, Texas. You can find Roxanne tending to their house plants, spending time in nature, and cooking for others. 

Kaj Kraus

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he/him
Position
Operations Director
Kaj, a white man, smiles while standing in front of a white wall. He has shoulder-length dark red hair and is wearing a black crew neck.
Kaj, a white man, smiles while standing in front of a white wall. He has shoulder-length dark red hair and is wearing a black crew neck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6Y6-iYn0VA

Kaj Kraus (he/him) is a deaf linguist, researcher, educator, and advocate. As staff he supports HEARD’s operations and advocacy efforts, which includes corresponding with currently incarcerated deaf/disabled people and providing cultural/linguistic competency training to attorneys representing deaf/disabled people. He is also a doctoral student in linguistics and adjunct faculty at Gallaudet University. Kaj’s research focuses on language acquisition and the cognition-language development interface, and he has published on the importance of early exposure to accessible language for deaf children. Previously, he earned a Bachelor’s degree from New York University and a Master’s degree from Gallaudet University. Kaj also currently serves on HEARD’s Board of Directors.