Signs of Love was founded in 1998 by Robin Hanna, who currently serves as Executive Director. Following is her story of how Signs of Love began: In 1990 I was introduced to my first taste of American Sign Language when I took it to meet the foreign language requirement in college. My fascination with the language and Deaf culture compelled me to become involved with the Deaf. I served on regional and national boards of an international Deaf organization, was involved in ministering with the Deaf in my local church, and was a freelance interpreter. In 1994 I joined a short-term missions trip to Mexico where scales fell from my eyes, and I started realizing the harsh reality of millions of deaf people in the world without language, and even more assaulting, without hope. After seeing the ha