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The optimistic young woman was born in Yancheng, Jiangsu province, to hearing-impaired parents. In 2018, she was admitted to Beijing Union University to study visual design as a result of her hard work and artistic talent.

She said it's quite difficult for people with disabilities to get admitted to universities, and her family members were so excited that they cried when they heard the news.

"I feel very lucky that I've never met discrimination from my peers or teachers. I have been warmly welcomed since my first day on campus," she wrote in an interview with China Daily via WeChat.

As an enthusiastic participant in school activities who wants to get on with the job of organizing her career, Cheng has joined several national competitions that focus on entrepreneurship and startups.

"In my third year at college, around March last year, I joined a national entrepreneurship competition with nine of my schoolmates. Our program was to design sign language, subtitles and product information for deaf livestreaming anchors," she said.

"The team leader and my peers all wanted more people to learn about sign language and hearing-impaired people via the competition."

Joining the entrepreneurship competitions was a period of growing socialization for Cheng as it boosted her self-confidence, and she helped change stereotypical views of deaf people through competing.