John Collins holds a Masters Degree in Deaf Education from Gallaudet University and a Bachelor's Degree in Biochemistry and Cell Biology from the University of California, San Diego. A 20 year veteran of the Lexington School for the Deaf, he taught a wide variety of deaf students. While at Gallaudet University, his teaching duties included teaching deaf undergraduates general biology and microbiology lab sections. He has been teaching American Sign Language at LaGuardia Community College since 2009 and currently serves as the Coordinator for the Deaf Studies Program.