![]() ![]() ![]() In 2013, Girma joined Disability Rights Advocates (DRA) in Berkeley, California as a Skadden Fellow. She then became the first deafblind student to attend and graduate from Harvard Law School, earning her J.D. ![]() She graduated from Lewis & Clark magna cum laude in 2010. Girma attended Lewis & Clark College, where she successfully advocated for her legal rights to accommodations in the school cafeteria. She graduated from Skyline High School, a mainstream public school, in 2006.Īt the age of 15, Girma traveled to Mali to do volunteer work, building schools with buildOn. She also had accessible technology, such as a digital Braille device-something her elder brother Mussie Gebre, who is also deafblind, did not have access to in Eritrea. Growing up in the United States, Girma benefited from civil rights laws including the Americans with Disabilities Act. Girma lost her vision and hearing as a result of an unknown progressive condition beginning in early childhood. ![]()
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