<div class="floatright">(https://i.redd.it/sy3bym3penv01.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Katelyn (Katie) Ward<br/><strong>Age:</strong>21<br/><strong>Gender:</strong>Female<br/><strong>Sexuality:</strong>Heterosexual<br/><strong>Relationship Status:</strong>Single. Ready to move on from her college relationship.<br/><br/><strong>Height:</strong>5'8"<br/><strong>Figure:</strong>Hourglass frame, slight and supple curves, overall slender<br/><strong>Hair color:</strong>Sandy brown<br/><strong>Eye color:</strong>Ocean blue<br/><strong>Distinguishing marks:</strong>Katie has a small, dimple looking scar above her left brow, received from a bicycle crash when she was a child<br/><br/><strong>Hometown:</strong>Seattle, Washington | Attends college in California<br/><strong>Personality:</strong>Nurturing | Caring | Organized | Neat | Helpful | Conscientious | Humble | Ambitious | Optimistic | Perfectionist<br/><br/><strong>Bio:</strong>Katie was raised by her two deaf parents. The first language that she learned was ASL (American Sign Language). Things were a little different growing up with non-hearing parents. Thankfully, she didn't have to do it alone. Her baby sister came around when Katie was five. She was also born hearing and was taught ASL. Katie looked after her younger sister Julie like she was her own child. She enjoyed pretending to be the mom and eventually, that pretend play melted away, but her motherly instincts still remained.<br/><br/>As the girls got older, they started to become aware of just how different their upbringing was from their friends and even other, extended family members. They became familiar with the difficulties that their parents faced and being the oldest, Katie was quick to help them whenever she could. She often acted as their translator whenever they would venture out into public and had to communicate with a hearing person who didn't understand sign language. Unfortunately, Katie also heard when her friends and even her friends parents, would make fun of her hearing impaired parents.<br/><br/>She always had it in her that she knew she wanted to help others. Perhaps it stemmed from plenty of opportunities to do so during her childhood. Or maybe it was more of a first born daughter sort of thing. Whatever it was, Katie didn't decide how she wanted to help others until her grandparents started to get sick. They were in and out of the hospital for a few years with various issues. Katie would visit with her family and started to observe the CNA's and RN's taking care of them. She picked up a few of their tricks and got to a point where she could help with simple tasks instead of having her grandparents rely on the push of a call button.<br/><br/>After her grandparents passed away, Katie promised herself that she would become a nurse. Not with the false hope of being able to cure certain diseases, but to provide comfort and care to those who needed it the most. She felt like it was a calling, one that she had to respond to. So, she left Seattle Washington behind, though she misses her family terribly, after being accepted to Baymont University. Katie has a part-time job as an online ASL translator. She sets herself up in front of a webcam and translates for deaf people who need to communicate with agencies and organizations like banks, funeral homes, insurance companies, even hospitals and health care providers. She has a flexible work schedule due to being a student.<br/><br/>In the fall, she will be entering her junior year of college, and honestly, a vacation to Love Island was just what the doctor ordered.<br/><br/><strong>Likes:</strong><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Dessert and sweets</li><li>Nurse Blake</li><li>Scrubs (nursing)</li><li>Adult coloring</li><li>Scrapbooking</li></ul><strong>Dislikes:</strong><br/><ul class="bbc_list"><li>Bullies and those who make fun of disabilities and diseases</li><li>Cigarettes and excessive amounts of alcohol</li><li>Kissing and telling</li><li>Hairy guys</li><li>Bugs</li></ul><strong>Turn on's:</strong>Romance, communication, spontaneity<br/><strong>Turn off's:</strong>Extreme kinks, toilet play, BDSM<br/><strong>Face Claim:</strong>Melissa Benoist