Brad Dell is a Deaf 27-year-old with cystic fibrosis. Originally from Hawaii, he received a double-lung transplant from UC San Francisco in January 2017, then cochlear implants nine months later. He now lives in Santa Cruz. When not traveling the world, chugging coffee, mentoring high schoolers at church, or reading comics, he's working as the senior director of columns at BioNews Services. (OK, he's still drinking coffee while he works.)