Rachel Coleman is the Emmy Award nominated host, and co-creator of “Signing Time!”, the video series that teaches basic American Sign Language vocabulary to families in an engaging and musical way. The series has been broadcast to millions of viewers through such platforms as PBS stations, Netflix, Nick Jr. In 2015, after raising over a million dollars, Rachel launched www.mydeafchild.org providing an innovative online American Sign Language curriculum, free of charge, to parents living within the U.S., raising deaf children ages 35 months and under.
From 2018-2021 Rachel was the Executive Director of the American Society for Deaf Children (ASDC), the oldest national non-profit organization providing resources to parents of Deaf children. After learning that their 14 month old child, Liam, was profoundly deaf, the Colemans were told not to have high expectations for their child. They refused to accept that, and for the past 28 years they have been influential in creating a world where, through sign language, children can communicate their needs and be fully understood regardless of their abilities.
Rachel lives in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, with her husband Aaron and their 23 year-old daughter Lucy, who has spina bifida and cerebral palsy. Liam Coleman (they/them) is 28 years old. Lives in Rochester, New York with their partner, Lee (they/them). Liam works in video production with a crew that is entirely Deaf, at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.
Rachel is a certified yoga instructor and is currently enrolled in culinary school.
Coaching: Rachel has expertise in many areas; entrepreneurship, non-profits, fundraising, crowdfunding, marketing, raising children with differing disabilities, adoption issues, yoga, and cooking. Rachel can coach you in many different areas like; how to start signing with your child, setting and achieving goals in your personal life and/or in business.
30 minutes is $100.
60 minutes is $150.