VIDEO: Deaf owner brews coffee and community connections in B.C. cafe

Growing up in the Philippines, Maria Tanjaoui was taught not to use sign language.
As the only deaf person in her family, she was discouraged from using sign language and forbidden from signing at school. Instead, she was expected to navigate an oral-based education system – one she says she struggled to follow.
“I actually signed (the number) three and they hit me in the face – so it was very not allowed,” says Tanjaoui, speaking through an American Sign Language (ASL) i