{"id":16252,"date":"2025-08-08T13:43:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/?page_id=16252"},"modified":"2025-08-14T19:23:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:23:01","slug":"aaron-pagan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/learn\/faces-behind-the-screen\/aaron-pagan\/","title":{"rendered":"Faces Behind the Screen: Aaron Pagan"},"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 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: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\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">Aaron Pagan<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have seen Aaron Pagan recently on TV, signing in LinkedIn\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KgNpzESXirc\">In It To Connect People<\/a>\u201d commercial.&nbsp; It\u2019s not every day you see people signing ASL on television, and this commercial caught our attention! We were so excited to interview Aaron to learn his story. Below, Aaron shares his job-hunting experience, the challenges he faced, and how he got involved with LinkedIn to spread awareness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-balanced-text is-style-large is-style-large--3\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">&nbsp;<\/p>\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\/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\"><figure class=\"wp-block-image tribe-embed is--youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"\n\tdata-id=\"wGClTBaxLn8\">\n\t<div class=\"tribe-embed__inner\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"play-button\" aria-label=\"Play Video\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=1280 height=720\t\tclass=\"tribe-embed__thumbnail\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wGClTBaxLn8\/maxresdefault.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wGClTBaxLn8\/mqdefault.jpg 320w,https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wGClTBaxLn8\/hqdefault.jpg 480w,https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wGClTBaxLn8\/sddefault.jpg 640w,https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/wGClTBaxLn8\/maxresdefault.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw,1280px\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\t\t<template id=tribe-embed-embed-html-wGClTBaxLn8\">\n\t\t\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wGClTBaxLn8?feature=oembed&amp;enablejsapi=1&amp;origin=https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/template>\n\t\t<\/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=\"has-balanced-text is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">Do you identify as d\/Deaf or hard of hearing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON&nbsp;PAGAN:&nbsp;I identify as deaf because growing up \u2013 I was born deaf, actually. I was born with severe to profound hearing loss. By the age of two or three, my mother had gotten&nbsp;hearing aids for me. My older brother, Adam, who\u2019s about three years older than me, was born deaf as well. So my mother got us hearing aids at a very young age, which is why we are so fortunate to be able to communicate verbally when necessary. For that, I thank my mother. Once I take off my hearing aids I can\u2019t hear a thing. A lot of people find that very strange, but hearing aids help me know what\u2019s going on around me. I don\u2019t hear everything, but I hear enough to be able to communicate orally.&nbsp;A lot of people would assume that I identify as hard-of-hearing because I can talk. But once my hearing aids come off, it\u2019s pure silence.&nbsp;That\u2019s why I identify as deaf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you experience discrimination during your job search?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON&nbsp;PAGAN: Yes, I do feel like there\u2019s discrimination. I have been to several interviews \u2013 I don\u2019t typically tell them that I\u2019m deaf \u2013 because maybe they would shy away. Everybody has this notion that deaf people aren\u2019t able or capable to do any other job that they do, whether it is marketing or whatever the case may be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019ve had a couple of interviews where I felt like I knocked the ball out of the park. But it\u2019s always, \u201coh, we found a different \u2013 a better \u2013 we found a candidate more fitting.\u201d It always leaves me the question, \u201cWhy am I not good enough?\u201d I started to believe that at one point. But I know that if there\u2019s no opportunity granted to me, I have to create the opportunities. And that is true for a lot of deaf people.&nbsp;You see a lot of deaf entrepreneurs. You see a lot of deaf people trying to be more involved in visual jobs like art or film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s a constant battle about having to prove ourselves. I have had several interviews that were absolutely not deaf-friendly at all. One interview had about seven people sitting at one table talking to me at the same time. So it\u2019s a constant game of, do I tell them I\u2019m deaf from the get-go? Or do I let them find out at the interview? And then I risk not having an interpreter if I do that. So it\u2019s a lot of questions that come into play before actually committing to an interview. So it\u2019s definitely tough. It is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did the opportunity for this commercial come about?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON&nbsp;PAGAN: I did a personal project with a friend of mine. And she filmed me \u2013 a day in the life of a deaf New Yorker. And LinkedIn saw that, and they were like, hey, we really like it. And would you be interested in doing a commercial with us? And from there, you know, it was all about networking and sharing my story with them. And they actually had a few people to choose from to shoot the commercial with, but they chose me. So it was a blessing to be able to have that opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/IMG_7005-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8348\" style=\"width:500px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_7005.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Individuals who are deaf, or hard-of-hearing, or have any sort of sensory impairments to get their names out there and show that they\u2019re equally as capable. So hopefully they continue to do that as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Someone from their Diversity and Inclusion Office at LinkedIn personally reached out to me. She wants to collab on future projects to even talk about the lack of deaf and hard-of-hearing, or blind, or disabled people being hired at their corporation. And she just wants to make noise. And I think it\u2019s great because it really takes one person to help. It takes a whole group of people to change, but it takes one person to begin to make that noise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 2<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Did you anticipate working in the accessibility world or did you end up working there by chance?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON PAGAN: I\u2019ve always been an advocate for accessibility, even in high school and college, always making sure that my circle of friends, or whoever was around me had proper access to everything. Even going to music concerts, we had to fight for our interpreters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I once went to a Beyonc\u00e9 concert, and they promised me interpreters. Well, once I got there, they didn\u2019t have them. They had forgotten to hire them. So I was obviously upset. But they gave me better seats, which didn\u2019t really fix the problem. I did get to see Beyonc\u00e9 up close, which is pretty cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was pretty awesome. She\u2019s a great performer. But I didn\u2019t really like the fact that I couldn\u2019t follow along with what she was saying in between sets, you know, like talking to the audience or really doing some poetry. Whatever the case, I couldn\u2019t follow along. So I\u2019m always an advocate or making sure that I get an interpreter when I need it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u2019m very assertive. I\u2019m nice about it, and then if they are not really giving me what I need, I get pretty assertive. It also happened during a conference that I wanted to buy a ticket for last year. They ended up blocking me on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"297\" height=\"276\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/asl-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10707\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of people saw that and reposted it, reshared it. And they eventually ended up giving me free tickets to the conference, along with two interpreters. It\u2019s strange that we have to fight for all of that. But getting into this field, I didn\u2019t think I would get into it as soon as I did. And I think wherever my career takes me, I\u2019m always going to have a voice for accessibility. Whether or not the job is directly related to it, I\u2019m always going to be an advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What would you say is your proudest moment?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON PAGAN: I would definitely say the LinkedIn commercial. I would be very shy during an interview. Nobody made me feel very comfortable. And the outcome is actually pretty dope. I would say definitely the LinkedIn commercial because the amount of coverage\u2013 the reach\u2013 is pretty great. They aired it during the Golden Globes and during the Academy Awards. And it\u2019s pretty awesome. They\u2019re doing it in select cities that they\u2019re targeting. But I think that it\u2019s so amazing because it\u2019s like you don\u2019t get to see this stuff on TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The best thing about it all is that I\u2019m able to inspire and educate people. And if I can do that, then I\u2019ve done my job.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What\u2019s the best thing about being deaf?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/diversity-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8469\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON PAGAN: Definitely the culture. The culture is like no other. It\u2019s like no other. There\u2019s something about being in a deaf community that is like nothing else. Like, sure,we all have our differences with whatever, but we all can always communicate effectively. And that\u2019s not an everyday thing for all of us. So when we are together, it\u2019s like home, like a whole other level of confidence, a whole other level of feeling involved, feeling like you can participate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I just really admire the deaf community most of all. How people stick together as well, it\u2019s very heartwarming \u2014 I just love the community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s also cool that I can just turn off my hearing aids when I don\u2019t want to hear any BS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/IMG_0983-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Aaron Pagan\" class=\"wp-image-8234\" style=\"aspect-ratio:3\/4;object-fit:cover;width:400px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-376x376.jpg 376w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMG_0983.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Part 3<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How did you land your current role at Purple Communications?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON PAGAN: I got the job through LinkedIn, of course. Someone had referred me. And my current supervisor there looked at my profile and saw my website at the time. He emailed me through my website and from there, I was hired within two or three days. We did a FaceTime interview \u2013 very informal \u2013 and he liked me, and here I am. It\u2019s been three years that I\u2019ve been working at Purple.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I do feel like I want to spread my wings and try something new. And with all of the exposure that is happening and all of the awareness that is going around about deaf people being capable of working in a regular corporation job, it is inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/.\/young-people-signing-in-ASL.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/young-people-signing-in-ASL.png 300w, https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/young-people-signing-in-ASL-224x300.png 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I did the commercial, a lot of deaf people have been reaching out to me and saying like, \u201cyo, you\u2019re so right.\u201d I\u2019m hoping to keep the momentum going because, you know, we need jobs, and we need good jobs, not the type of jobs where we have to drop off packages and do simple things that. You know, some people like doing it, which is OK. But most people do it because they feel that is the only way they can make money. I have several friends who had graduated from college with bachelor\u2019s degrees and great GPAs, and they do not secure a job. It leaves me wondering why. What is the issue? It seems employers are afraid that we\u2019re not capable of meeting their expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What can hearing individuals do to help break the stereotypes around deaf and hard of hearing individuals?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON PAGAN: I would say hearing people need to expand their minds and need to educate themselves on what people are capable of. I don\u2019t think it should take a success story for anybody to go, \u201coh, you know, maybe deaf people can do it.\u201d But unfortunately, it is what they need. They need a lot of exposure. They need a lot of education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I had some messages on LinkedIn, like, \u201chey, because of you, I have learned to be a little bit more compassionate towards people who have disabilities, those who are deaf, and it has definitely opened my mind more.\u201d&nbsp; And that makes me feel good. But it\u2019s like why should it have to be done? But it does need to be done. I think the deaf community needs to make noise. That\u2019s the only way we can do it at this point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I really appreciate LinkedIn for giving me the platform to educate people on the matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Do you use captions or any other assistive technology?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>AARON PAGAN: Oh, yes. I use captions wherever I can, whether it\u2019s while watching YouTube video, watching TV, Netflix. In college, I used captioning for classes. And the movies \u2013 I use it at the movies all the time. It\u2019s not perfect at movies, but it does a good job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/www.3playmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/tvcc-300x292.gif.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16261\" style=\"width:200px\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I do wish the captions could be onscreen, but captioning is a very good thing. It helps me understand everything that\u2019s going on. Just because I can hear with my hearing aids \u2013 when I hear things, it\u2019s not like I hear the word groups. I just hear sounds, and I have to match it with lips to read lips. I have to match them, and I have to figure out what is being said. Captioning really helps me a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-balanced-text is-style-default\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">That\u2019s pretty much the only assistive technology that I use to understand what\u2019s being said. 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