Meet Her:

Erika Chirino

Erika Chirino is a Cuban-American living in the best of both worlds: Deaf and Hearing. Born hard-of-hearing to two Deaf parents in Miami, FL, she was inspired to become an advocate for her community, passionate about empowering others through performance to bring the Deaf and Hearing communities together. Erika's love for performance began at an early age, when she joined chorus in elementary school. To ensure the show was accessible for her parents, she taught the whole choir the signs for the lyrics! After graduating from the University of Central Florida with a degree in Marketing & Professional Selling, Erika moved to Los Angeles and began her work in the Entertainment industry. Her work involved being featured in the Emmy award-winning Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2019), The Green Couch (2020), Moonset (2020), booking commercial work with CVS (2022) and Apple (2021), and performing at the television special, ADA Lean On Honors National Disability Employment Awareness Month (2020).