Beth Deer previews her chat with Maricar Marquez

I would honestly say this is one of my favourite segments we’ve ever filmed for AMI This Week.

Maricar Marquez is a deafblind runner from New York and let me tell you, she’s one of the most interesting people I’ve ever spoken to. Maricar was born deaf and slowly lost her sight later on in life; I have so much admiration for her and what she has accomplished.

As Maricar is unable to talk, she has a translator who would sign to her in a tactile form and then tell me what Maricar was signing in response. Not only was this really intriguing to me, but it also turned out to be kind of difficult. As I was interviewing Maricar, there would be a pause between her signing and the translator talking which at times ended up being very confusing for this blind girl because I could never tell when she was done talking.

Regardless of that little hiccup, I had a fabulous conversation with her and I’m really excited for you all to learn about her running partner. Join Maricar and myself on AMI This Week at 8 p.m. ET on AMI-tv. 

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