Alexandra “Alex” Kukoff is a half-deaf writer and journalist whose publication credits include Seventeen, Scholastic, Johns Hopkins, the New York Times Learning Network, Lean In, and Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls among others. Her advocacy for fellow members of the Deaf/hard-of-hearing community has been supported by ABC, AnnTaylor, and the Hillary Clinton-founded Vital Voices, and her creative work has been honored at Carnegie Hall. She’s currently pursuing her degree in English and Film as a first-year at UCLA, and contributes regularly to its nationally-recognized student publication The Daily Bruin.
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