Yeah! And to think it all started by a serendipitous accident!
He had newly graduated from Gallaudet University, was planning on being a math teacher at a Deaf school so that Deaf kids would have more exposure to Deaf educators and had an account on Instagram. Some people from the show, "America's Next Top Model", happened to find his Instagram account and invited him to compete. The folks at "America's Next Top Model" did NOT know he's Deaf! He accepted their invitation, competed in "America's Next Top Model" and WON!!!! When he received the invitation to compete on "Dancing With The Stars", at first he was going to turn it down because he had NEVER danced before! I think, after discussing it with his family and friends, he decided to go for it! WOW!!!!!