Years active 2001–present Parents Lex de Azevedo Role Musician | Name Rachel Coleman | |
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Full Name Rachel de Azevedo Born October 9, 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-10-09 ) Van Nuys, California Occupation Producer, actress, musician Television Signing Time!, Rachel & The Treeschoolers Spouse Aaron Scott Coleman (m. 1996) Children Leah Coleman, Lucy Coleman Siblings Emilie Brown, Sarah de Azevedo Grandparents Alyce King, Sydney de Azevedo Similar People Emilie Brown, Lex de Azevedo, Robert Clarke, Cam Clarke Profiles | ||
Amazing grace ira sullivan flute and rachel coleman oboe
Rachel de Azevedo Coleman (born October 9, 1974) is an American producer and actress. With her sister Emilie de Azevedo Brown, she created the Signing Time! video series to teach children basic American Sign Language (ASL), which was broadcast on public television and Nick Jr., She produces, directs, and stars in the series, and handles much of its operations as co-founder of Two Little Hands Productions.
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- Amazing grace ira sullivan flute and rachel coleman oboe
- One Deaf Child Presentation by Rachel Coleman
- Biography
- Filmography
- References
One Deaf Child: Presentation by Rachel Coleman
Biography
Coleman was born on October 9, 1974 to Lex and Linda de Azevedo as the fifth of nine children. Her father Lex de Azevedo is an American Mormon composer known primarily for his film scores. Lex's mother, and her grandmother is Alyce King of The King Sisters. She and her father Lex de Azevedo won a Pearl Award in 2007 for songs they had done for children.
As Rachel De Azevedo she has been credited in several episodes of Touched by an Angel. Before moving out of the Los Angeles area, she performed with the band "We the Living" and appeared in the made-for-TV movie "Spring Fling".
In 1998, Coleman and her husband Aaron discovered that their 14-month-old daughter Leah was deaf. She began learning sign language. In 2001, together with her sister created Signing Time! - a children's video series that teaches basic ASL to children of all abilities. In 2008, she was nominated for the "Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series," for the 35th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmys.
In 2013, she began a campaign to crowd-fund a new children's series, Rachel & the TreeSchoolers, after it was turned down by networks for being too educational for television. As of April 2016, 9 episodes in this series have been released.
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