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St. Paul advocate, co-founder of Minnesota Deaf Queers, named Unsung Hero by McKnight Foundation

Jessalyn Akerman-Frank has been deaf her entire life. Now she works to make sure Deaf, Deafblind, and Hard of Hearing youth have the resources she lacked when she was a child.

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Jessalyn Akerman-Frank has been deaf her entire life. Now she works to make sure deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing youth have the resources she lacked when she was a child.

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