VIDBE-Q 2025 Volume 70 Issue 3
Saurym Quezada
Florida State University, squezada@fsu.edu
As a young college graduate with a Christian Ministry degree, my interest in
disabilities spurred out of a commitment to serve the Lord Jesus Christ. Little did I
know then that the gentle thoughts about pursuing a master's in the field that came
into my mind one evening while sitting by my piano would lead to the unfolding of
the great vision that fuels my missionary education journey. In 2014, I obtained a
Florida K-6th teaching eligibility and became a 3rd-grade teacher at a private
school with the goal of gaining some classroom experience to qualify for a
From Mission to VIsion: A Teacher's Journey
to Visual Disabilities Education