{"id":16212,"date":"2025-08-07T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/?page_id=16212"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:26:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T20:26:31","slug":"aarron-loggins","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/faces-behind-the-screen\/aarron-loggins\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces Behind the Screen: Aarron Loggins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-tribe-glass alignfull\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-tribe-glass__image-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/core\/assets\/media\/backgrounds\/glass-wave.svg\" class=\"wp-block-tribe-glass__image\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-tribe-glass__wrapper\"><div class=\"wp-block-tribe-glass__overlay\" style=\"backdrop-filter:blur(8px)\">\n<section class=\"wp-block-group wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center alignwide has-half-mobile-gap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d5ae394d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center tribe-has-stacking-order is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0;flex-basis:50%;--tribe-stacking-order:0\">\n<p class=\"has-balanced-text is-style-overline is-style-overline--1\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Faces Behind the Screen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-balanced-text is-style-large is-style-large--2\" id=\"h-aarron-loggins\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">Aarron Loggins<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-balanced-text is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\u201cI use the term \u201cdeaf\u201d because I\u2019m more advertising of being proud among the community.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/faces-behind-the-screen\/\">Return to all &#8220;Faces Behind the Screen&#8221; stories<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center tribe-has-stacking-order is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%;--tribe-stacking-order:0\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded aligncenter is-style-rounded--4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"617\" height=\"943\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-05-at-12.16.22-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Aarron Loggins\" class=\"wp-image-8804\" style=\"width:413px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-05-at-12.16.22-PM.jpg 617w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-02-05-at-12.16.22-PM-196x300.jpg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aarronloggins.com\/\">aarronloggins.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid has-half-mobile-gap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d5ae394d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center tribe-has-stacking-order is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0;flex-basis:100%;--tribe-stacking-order:0\">\n<p class=\"is-style-overline is-style-overline--5\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--25);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Part One<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-balanced-text is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Aarron Loggins grew up in Chicago, Illinois. By age three his parents realized that he was hard of hearing, and the family was shocked. They were trying to say, \u201cHow do we communicate with this kid?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At first, when they found out, they tried different sounds at home. When Aarron didn\u2019t respond,&nbsp;they took him to an audiologist where they found out that he was deaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSo at age three, they put me into preschool with all different people who were deaf or hard of hearing. That\u2019s when I started to learn sign language from there. But I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s American Sign Language or Signed English, because it was back in the \u201980s so we didn\u2019t know the term American Sign Language until I got older.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aarron describes himself as in both [hearing and deaf] worlds. \u201cSo when I\u2019m in the hearing community, I\u2019ll say that I\u2019m deaf, because I\u2019m deaf and proud. I\u2019m graduated from Gallaudet University. In the deaf world, I\u2019m more like deaf and hard of hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Below, Aarron shares his journey discovering himself as a black, deaf male, and talks about the importance of believing in yourself, and how he learned to do just that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b2eaac4c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-balanced-text alignwide\" id=\"h-what-is-your-greatest-struggle\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">What is your greatest struggle?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--25);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:0\">AARRON LOGGINS: My greatest struggle is that growing up, being an African American, deaf person, in the community \u2013when the opportunity comes, it\u2019s like, OK, yeah, wait until next time. It really frustrated me because I wanted opportunities right away. The journey gave me experiences and taught me that I have to feel confident inside me first instead of me feeling confident outside. You have to build from the inside. Say, \u201cOK, I can do it.\u201d I can show it instead of doing a whole lot of talking. I\u2019m a determined person and I&nbsp; have to fight for my turn. I have to fight for my dream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve fought for my dream since I was 14 years old. When I was at Dirksen Junior High School they were doing a graduation speech and audition. I decided I wanted to audition, and I\u2019d have to speak in front of the whole, entire school \u2013 deaf, hard of hearing, and the hearing. It was a surprise because they\u2019d never had a deaf person speak in the mainstream school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The term is the word \u201cpersistence.\u201d Persistence, it was just a way of life. My quote is that \u201cWithout persistence, will you give up? Yes. With persistence, then, you\u2019ll never give up.\u201d So I use that term from the age of 14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I was the first male in my family who graduated from university.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>At the age of 18, I graduated from mainstream school. I decided I\u2019ve been in the mainstream for 18 years. I had never been in a deaf institution or in a private school, so Gallaudet was my first pick. The reason why I chose Gallaudet&nbsp;was that I wanted to build a black, deaf identity. In order to do that I\u2019d need to find my own deaf identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the mainstream, you don\u2019t have enough of the programs for the deaf or hard of hearing \u2013 it\u2019s limited. When I go to Gallaudet, my life changed from there \u2013 my sign language, my identity \u2013 everything changed and I could build more confidence inside. I was involved with a lot of activities, and I graduated from Gallaudet with my bachelor\u2019s degree in theater arts. I was the first male in my family who graduated from university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My next journey is just to keep on doing everything that I have to do. I competed for and won Mister Deaf International for the US in 2014, becoming the first African American who won Mister Deaf International.&nbsp; From there, that\u2019s where my movement started \u2013&nbsp; believe in yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized aligncenter is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/aarron-loggins-mister-deaf-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"Aarro Loggins with sash and certificate for Mister Deaf International, poses with Miss Deaf International\" class=\"wp-image-8515\" style=\"width:521px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aarron-loggins-mister-deaf-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aarron-loggins-mister-deaf-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aarron-loggins-mister-deaf-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/aarron-loggins-mister-deaf.jpg 1302w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aarronloggins.com\/\">aarronloggins.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-group wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center aligngrid has-half-mobile-gap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-d5ae394d wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center tribe-has-stacking-order is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0;flex-basis:100%;--tribe-stacking-order:0\">\n<p class=\"is-style-overline is-style-overline--7\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--25);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Part TWo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-balanced-text alignwide\" id=\"h-what-drove-you-to-be-in-the-theater-world-and-what-was-that-like-being-hard-of-hearing\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">What drove you to be in the theater world, and what was that like being hard of hearing.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-balanced-text is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Aarron Loggins: I majored in Theater Art and was involved with the Gallaudet Theater. My first show was&nbsp;<em>A Streetcar Named Desire<\/em>&nbsp;back in 2006. I mean, I\u2019m not the main character. I\u2019m more like, you know, the underground person. So that\u2019s like I say, you start with the underground. And then I would follow with&nbsp;<em>Sign Me Alice<\/em>. I don\u2019t have a whole lot of lines. I had a few lines and stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then the following year, that was followed with&nbsp;<em>A Moment in History<\/em>. That\u2019s the one that Abraham Lincoln, you know, starting to become the president. So I would play William H. Johnson, the first African American male who worked for Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then in 2008, I would follow with&nbsp;<em>Armageddon<\/em>, the Greek myth. I will play Apollo. That\u2019s like one of the big roles for me. I had to dye my hair and wear contacts to play that character. And then the following year, after I graduated, I played Lyons in&nbsp;<em>Fences<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then the following year, I was doing a music video. So I had done theater. And I said, \u201cYou know what? I\u2019m going to do some music videos.\u201d So I started off with the R&amp;B, and I started with the gospel. R&amp;B got me \u2013 I\u2019ve seen too many deaf rap artists. I was like, OK, it\u2019s all standard, you know? And I wanted to open the door for the R&amp;B, to have an R&amp;B video. So I keep on doing R&amp;B from 2009, 2010, 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then I can do the gospel on D-PAN. A guy named Sean Forbes, he was the founder of Deaf Professional Artists Network. You know, that day when he had an audition call, I sent my audition tape. He said, \u201cThis is amazing, man. You can make things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>My dad is my number one role model. He\u2019s the one who pushed me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So from here, and then R&amp;B, and then I do a little rap. And then I come to shoot pop music. I\u2019m doing, like, a piece of old diversion music. And then from pop music, I came to international music. So the last video I posted, like, a couple of months ago is called \u201cFamous\u201d by French Montana. And he\u2019s from Morocco, Africa. And he went through his struggles about his family life, his lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And my version of being famous is that you know, I was born in Illinois. I was born in a small town. I never heard of that town. Like, you travel around the world. You were Mr. Deaf International. You had all the potential. And now, you\u2019re meeting many people from all over the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-did-you-have-any-role-models-that-you-looked-up-to-that-influenced-your-perseverance\">Did you have any role models that you looked up to that influenced your perseverance?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARRON LOGGINS: I had two different kinds of role models. If you\u2019re going to speak of a hearing role model, I\u2019d say my father. He\u2019s my role model because he left when he was 17. He joined the military, and he sees the future for his generation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My dad is my number one role model. He\u2019s the one who pushed me. He said, \u201cAarron, you do it. I don\u2019t care if you\u2019re deaf or hard of hearing. You can do it.\u201d So he is my hearing role model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My deaf role model \u2013 I have several. My number one top role model of all is Dr. Glenn Anderson. The reason why I look up to him is that he\u2019s from the same place where I came from. He\u2019s from the state of Illinois \u2013 Chicago, Illinois. He was the first African American who graduated from Gallaudet with a PhD \u2013 not graduated from Gallaudet, no. He graduated with a PhD! He was the first African American who served for the board of trustees over the last 15 years. He\u2019s been on the board of trustees for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So every time I met this guy, he gave me an explanation \u2013 you know, keep on doing. You\u2019re making things fine for the community and stuff. So Dr. Glenn Anderson is my number one deaf role model.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized aligncenter is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-1.18.58-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Aarron Loggins standing with a believe in yourself sign\" class=\"wp-image-8417\" style=\"width:503px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-1.18.58-PM.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-1.18.58-PM-300x298.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-1.18.58-PM-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-27-at-1.18.58-PM-768x762.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo courtesy of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aarronloggins.com\/\">aarronloggins.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio alignfull is-style-default has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:0\">\n<p class=\"is-style-overline is-style-overline--9\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--25);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Part Three<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-b2eaac4c wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-balanced-text alignwide\" id=\"h-can-you-describe-a-time-when-you-felt-discriminated-against-for-being-deaf\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">Can you describe a time when you felt discriminated against for being deaf?<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--25);margin-right:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:0\">AARRON LOGGINS: Yeah, back in high school. In my high school, from \u201999 to 2003, we didn\u2019t have many deaf people. We had about 10 or 15 people in a group compared to 800 hearing people on the campus. In the theater group, we had about 200 people, and about two or three deaf people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>People would say the deaf students weren\u2019t going anywhere, and things like after we graduate from high school that we\u2019d end up working the factory line. They\u2019d say we\u2019d be working and mopping the floor, you know, working being a janitor, or other some small job, and that deaf people couldn\u2019t get to a higher standard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I told everybody at that time in 2003 that I was moving to Washington, D.C. Some people did believe me. They said, \u201cOh, he\u2019s going to D.C. He\u2019s moving for sure.\u201d Some other people were doubtful, saying, \u201che\u2019s just talking. He\u2019s just blah, blah, blah, blah.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So 15 years later I visited my old elementary school. The whole students were like, wow, he graduated from this school. That\u2019s him. They showed a picture of me. And they were all like, wow. And when I went to visit the high school, they said, wow, it\u2019s not the same person that left the school in 2003. They said that person is international. That person is big.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Believe in Yourself. I don\u2019t just say, ok, believe in yourself. No, I show it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So I came back, and people were like, wow, man, you\u2019re just one of the biggest names in the town. Before, we were like, OK, whatever. You know, he\u2019s going nowhere. He\u2019ll be flipping burgers and fries. And then later, you know, I\u2019m being seen on TV, I\u2019ve been in different shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So I showed them. I proved them wrong that deaf people can do anything except one thing \u2013 they can\u2019t hear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-can-someone-be-an-advocate-and-ally-for-deaf-or-hard-of-hearing-individuals\">How can someone be an advocate and ally for deaf or hard of hearing individuals?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARRON LOGGINS: You\u2019ve got to show them. You\u2019ve got to say, hey, we\u2019re all equal. The only thing is that you can hear more than I do. That\u2019s the difference. But you have to show the message. Don\u2019t just say the message. You have to show the message. \u201cHey, I want to do this. Hey, I can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Look at someone like Nyle DiMarco. He became the first deaf person to win America\u2019s Next Top Model. He\u2019s not just saying it. He\u2019s showing it. He\u2019s showing that he had that \u2013 we have that ability. He also won Dancing With the Stars. He showed the message. He didn\u2019t say, I can do this, and just talk about it. No, he showed we have the ability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s just like me \u2013 Believe in Yourself. I don\u2019t just say, ok, believe in yourself. No, I show it. Because Believe in Yourself, now you\u2019ve shown that, hey, we can do it. It isn\u2019t just a message. It\u2019s a two-way message. You can do it. You should do it. He\u2019s not talking. He\u2019s just showing the message, the three words: Believe in Yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Faces Behind the Screen would like to thank Aarron Loggins for participating in our storytelling project. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group aligngrid is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer is-style-xx-large is-style-xx-large--10\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part One Aarron Loggins grew up in Chicago, Illinois. By age three his parents realized that he was hard of hearing, and the family was shocked. They were trying to say, \u201cHow do we communicate with this kid?\u201d At first, when they found out, they tried different sounds at home. 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