| Simon, age 26, is a graduate of New York University
with a B.S. in Finance. Simon was diagnosed with a profound
hearing loss at 9 months old. He was among the inaugural Cued
Speech class in 1979 in Montgomery County, MD. Simon is a past
President of Our Way - NCSY, a Jewish and Deaf organization
in New York City. He also is a past President of the Investment
Analysis Group, a club at NYU that won Best Club of the Year
and Most Improved Club of the Year during his term. He served
on the Board of Directors of
the National Cued Speech Association.
Simon currently works as a financial adviser for Schwarz
Financial Concepts in Silver Spring, MD. He is an avid reader,
loves to play golf, scuba dive and watch Orioles baseball
games.
His advice to future Cue kids is, “Embrace the deaf
community by learning how to sign, but don’t forget
your roots, you wouldn’t be where you are today without
Cued Speech.”
Simon is featured in an article in the Washington Jewish
Week online edition titled, $ounds
of $ilenceLocal men bring financial services to deaf. |
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