Mary Kay Studer, Community Resource Specialist (CRS) grew up in Saginaw, Michigan. Mary Kay has 17 years of case management experience and is fluent in ASL. She has seven siblings who are Deaf. Her parents are hearing and used home signs for communication. When she was eight years old, her family decided to move to Cincinnati, Ohio to send their Deaf children to St. Rita School for the Deaf. After she graduated High School, Mary Kay moved to Mansfield, Ohio and got married. Her husband Jerry is Deaf and they have two hearing children. Their son Jeff, and daughter Jenny, are married and have three children each. All of them are hearing and use ASL to communicate.