VIDBE-Q 2026 Volume 71 Issue 1
Award for Outstanding Contributor (2021). My research interests include
collaboration with families, visual impairments, and assistive technology. I design
and co-run an assistive technology lab at ETAMU, which ties heavily into my
research and the training of pre-service teachers in assistive technology.
You may be wondering what drives my passion for DVIDB. The answer is
my passion stems from the fact that my family (dad, son, daughter, and myself)
have dominant optic nerve atrophy with best corrected acuities ranging from
20/200-20/3000, which has given me first-hand experience with the needs of
individuals with visual impairments and deafblindness. It is my hope to capitalize
on my unique position to be a bridge between service providers and families, as I
live both roles.
I look forward to working with you and representing our organization to
further our mission of improving the lives of children, students, and/or consumers
with visual impairments and/or deafblindness. I am, and will continue to be, a
champion of rigorous inclusion in academics when appropriate, high expectations,
teaching self-advocacy at an early age, future planning, and fostering self-
determination skills.
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