By: Dominique Graves

Was born May 14, 1971 in Canoga Park, Los Angeles California She lived in Seattle, Wash., for a few years with her mom, but most of her life Bray spent in southern California with dad she is a fluent signer. She was born deaf and has been exposed to ASL since the age of 2.5 with Lil Skinner as her first Deaf teacher. Deanne has been exposed to the world of sound at age 2 with a hearing aid. Deanne calls herself bilingual: ASL and Spoken/written English. She also mentioned how she always have been a proud member of the Deaf community. Did a lot of acting while she was growing up Got married in 2001

She enjoys reading, reading with deaf children, as well as going to Deaf community functions, like interacting with deaf senior citizens and listening to their stories.

Bray first became involved with acting as a young adult when she was discovered performing with a dance group, called, "Prism West." Among her acting credits are guest appearances on "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," "Ellen" and "Diagnosis Murder," and more. She starred in a PAX series "Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye" for 3 seasons. Before Sue Thomas: FBeye, Bray taught deaf and hard of hearing high school students during the school year and taught dhh in elementary in the summer for 4 years. She is pursuing for her masters in education. Deanne co-produced an educational/documentary dvd, "You're Pregnant: What to Expect," that is all in American Sign Language and Voiceover for almost 3 years and got the dvds released on December 1, 2007. At last, when her daughter, Kyra, was born, she decided to be a full time mom. She did some odd jobs but for short periods at a time. Kyra had traveled everywhere with her.

"It takes a village to raise a child." An African preverb "If you judge people, you have no time to love them." Mother Theresa My bestfriend brings out the best in me." Henry Ford "What is a friend? A single soul in two bodies" Aristotle "Every wish is like a prayer with God..." Elizabeth Barrett Browning 1806-1861

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