Mirjana Juriša
- 1955 – born hearing in a hearing family
- first learned about Croatian Sign Language at university, when studying Defectology
- extended her knowledge of Croatian Sign Language on courses and among the Deaf
- 1987 – launched first signed show on Croatian TV (HRT)
- 1992 – launched daily signed news on HRT
- chief of the team of Croatian Sign Language interpreters on HRT
- acting as an intermediary between the Deaf community and HRT, advocating for more accessibility – both via sign language and closed captioning