Cristie Blazer，Cristie was born on December 6, 1966 in Denton, Texas, USA at 6:30 a.m. CST. She was raised in Denton, Allen, and McKinney, all in Texas. She was born deaf with some hearing (partly deaf) in the left ear. She wore a hearing aid in the left ear since age 4 but she also lip read and uses American Sign Language.