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Jason Nesmith was born Deaf into a Deaf family, and was raised in Illinois. Jason graduated from the Illinois School for the Deaf with a high school diploma in 2005, and then attended Gallaudet University, graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Graphic Design and Digital Media in _____.

Jason worked as an Adjunct Instructor in ASL and Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Springfield, for two years, and at the same time, studied art, with the dream of becoming a 3D Artist and Animation Designer.

Relocating to San Diego, California,  Jason is now a freelance animator, 3D printer, graphics designer and video/film editor, working with 3D computer animation used in computer games and animated films. Jason and Holly Sharer have a beautiful 2-year-old daughter Leia. Other work credits:

Lead Visionary 3D Artist and Art Director at Imagination Vent inc
Former Multimedia Specialist at Purple Communications
Former Multimedia Designer at ASL Program Department
Worked for Gallaudet University in graphics design
Former Cameraman, stage builder at ASL Films

In 2016, Jason started writing articles for the ASL Wikipedia, contributing articles "Star Wars", "Elon Musk" and "3-D Printers", and presenting the ASL Wikipedia in 2 presentations: at the SignWriting Symposium, Presentation 64, on July 21, and at the WikiConference 2016, San Diego, October 9:

ASL Wikipedia Presentation: SignWriting Symposium 2016
http://www.signwriting.org/symposium/presentation0064.html

ASL Wikipedia Presentation: WikiConference 2016
https://wikiconference.org/wiki/2016/Main_Page