leah coleman is the person that made her mother want to make signing time! diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 14 months old, she began learning american sign language (asl) as fast as her parents could learn it and teach it to her. leah could sign full sentences long before her ‘hearing’ peers could even speak, and because of that, her parents say she never threw a tantrum. leah is now in fifth grade and loves reading, skating on her “heelys” and playing with her little sister lucy. she recently won first place in her very first horse show and got national attention for winning first place in her school spelling bee, despite being deaf. her favorite food is sushi and she loves the color purple. she loves being in "signing time!" with her cousin alex, and teaching asl to other children.