Beth Borysewicz
I am a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments at the Bureau of Education Services for the Blind in CT. I love my job and all the ups and downs that come with it! My students are rock stars and they inspire me daily.
I am a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments at the Bureau of Education Services for the Blind in CT. I love my job and all the ups and downs that come with it! My students are rock stars and they inspire me daily.
Michael Cantino is an educator, braille transcriber, and artist living in Portland, Oregon. He is currently serving as the BVIS Technology Professional Development Specialist for Oregon’s public schools.
Justine Carlone Rines is a speech language pathologist and worked with blind and visually impaired high school students for approximately nine years in the Secondary Program at Perkins School for the Blind. She is currently the evaluations coordinator for Perkins’ Educational Programs.
Cheryl Kamei-Hannan, Ph.D. is a Professor and researcher at California State University, Los Angeles. A leading expert in the field of visual impairment and blindness, her research agenda focuses on language, literacy, and access technology.
Dr. Kim Avila is an Assistant Professor at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA. She is also a TVI and COMS.
Lisha has been a TVI (teacher of the visually impaired) for over 25 years. She has worked in the classroom at Overbrook School for the Blind in Philadelphia. Lisha was an itinerant teacher for 18 years at the Montgomery County IU specializing in early intervention.
My name is Letícia Barboza, I’m from a very small town in Brazil, and I’m currently a caregiver of a child with blindness. I’ve had experience before with a child with multiple disabilities, including CVI, and since 2018 I’ve been studying and producing materials for kids with visual impairments.
Gina Michell is a Teacher of Students with Visual Impairments in Southern California and a Faculty Lecturer at California State University, Los Angeles (Cal State LA). Gina draws on her prior experience as a general education teacher to build comprehensive and meaningful programs for her students with visual impairments.
Nicole Johnson is a professor at Kutztown University. She holds an EducationalDoctorate in Special Education with an emphasis in Dual Sensory Impairments andan M.Ed in Special Education (Orientation and Mobility) from Texas Tech University.She earned her B.S.Ed from Kutztown University in Teacher of the VisuallyImpaired and Elementary Education.
I am the parent of Dexter Ward, who has bilateral congenital glaucoma. When Dexter was three months we learned that he had congenital glaucoma. He had his first surgery when he was three months old and started wearing glasses at 18 months old.