97 percent of Gallaudet graduates leave the school with a job or admittance to graduate school, making it no surprise that some alumni are sure to be recognisable. Survivor fans may remember season six's Christy Smith, the first deaf contestant on the CBS series. Linda Bove, lovingly called Linda the librarian on Sesame Street, also graduated from the D.C. school. Deaf U creator and Gallaudet graduate Nyle DiMarco became the first deaf America's Next Top Model winner in 2015.