User:Ktin/sandbox/August De los Reyes

August de Los Reyes (August 17, 1970 –December 21, 2020) was a designer known for pioneering Inclusive design.

Early life
Reyes was born August Valentin de Los Reyes in Manila, in the Philippines on August 17, 1970. His father was an anesthesiologist. His family moved to the United States from the Philippines. He spent most of his childhood in Shreveport, Louisiana. He studied literature and new media design at Bennington College, a liberal arts college in Vermont, in 1955. Talking about his childhood, he had said that he was strong in the Fine arts and had initially considered a career in architecture, but, had dropped that idea when he "saw how miserable the architecture students were".

Personal life
Reyes was married to his husband, Rein Ewerth. He died from COVID-19 at a hospital in Seattle on December 21, 2020.