Tawny Holmes

After her acting premiere, Tawny Holmes went on to complete her Masters in Deaf education and obtained a J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law. Before that, she graduated from Alabama School for the Deaf, obtained her B.A. degrees in Deaf Studies, Sociology, and obtained experience in teaching Deaf students of all ages. Tawny resides in Washington, D.C. and is the Education Policy Counsel at NAD. She also serves as the chair of the national Language Deprivation Taskforce and as the coordinator of the Education Advocates Program at NAD. She is also an assistant professor in the ASL and Deaf Studies department at Gallaudet University, focusing on sign language rights and policies.