About me
Dr. Gavreel Asperillia-Zhu grew up in Thousand Oaks, California. They are a queer, Deaf (HoH), Filipino-Mexican-Italian-Spaniard who teaches American Sign Language. They graduated from CSU Northridge with their bachelor’s and master’s and from California Lutheran University with their doctorate in education. Their passion and background inspired their graduate and post-graduate work surrounding the queer person of color experience. Influenced by their mixed background, they focus on how language, culture, and queerness intersect.
