Angels Camp Leader is the Nation’s First Female Deaf Mayor Last year, Amanda Folendor was elected to be Angel’s Camp, California’s first female deaf mayor in American history. Within four years, Folendor went from the youngest city council member to the leader of Angel Camp. When Folendor was born she had a rare birth defect called diaphragmatic hernia. With this, she had to take medications and undergo surgeries that ultimately damaged her hearing. Throughout childhood, her