Francesca Peraza is a first generation, artist, model, designer, writer, student, and businesswoman based in Los Angeles. She has a progressive, sensorineural hearing loss in both ears. Some frequencies of people’s voices can be difficult for her to understand, and different settings can impact her ability to hear.

Francesca is a driven art student who has attended UC Santa Barbara and LA Harbor College, she runs a small business of handmade felt adornments, and she is dedicated to personal projects that include curation, fashion, design, modeling, and photography. She is also very active on social media with 10k followers on TikTok and 851 followers on Instagram; posting about fashion, beauty, traveling, events, thrifting, and her artwork. Francesca is highly open about her struggles with hearing loss and advocates for d/Deaf & Hard of Hearing individuals. She wishes to write and publish a book about her experiences living with deafness.