STEM Archives

Empowering Blind Job Seekers Through Innovation: Meet Tanner Gers

Posted on July 12, 2024 - 8:43 am by Ann Chiappetta

Tanner Gers is on a mission to reshape the unemployment landscape for blind and low-vision job seekers in a big way. He takes employment readiness and training for blind and low-vision job seekers seriously. A noticeably focused professional, Tanner has leveraged his career journey into a comprehensive and robust platform supporting blind and low-vision job […]

Blind Entrepreneur Finds Success in Chemistry

Posted on May 15, 2024 - 12:53 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

When he discovered organic chemistry in high school, Hoby Wedler, Ph.D., knew it would be his calling. Initially, he wanted to teach – and he did, for a while – but his career path took some fascinating turns to bring him where he is today. At first, some people didn’t think someone born blind could […]

Changing Perceptions About People with Disabilities While Working in a Fulfilling Career

Posted on April 10, 2024 - 12:12 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

When Ronit Mazzoni works as a Genetic Counselor in a fertility and reproductive department, she brings a unique perspective as a person who is blind. While working with patients or students studying to become Genetic Counselors, she gives them a perspective they won’t get from anyone else there. That’s an excellent thing for a number […]

Cassandra McNabb-McKinney: Working as an Embalmer

Posted on October 21, 2022 - 12:00 am by Amy Lynn Smith

A white woman with green eyes and brown hair that falls just past her shoulders, wearing a red top with a floral pattern.

Being an embalmer and funeral director isn’t on the list of many people’s career choices. In fact, it’s often a trade handed down through generations of a family. But for Cassandra McNabb-McKinney, it’s work she felt called to do, both by her own experience and her faith. When she was 16 years old, there was […]

APH Announces STEM Scholarship Winners

Posted on September 12, 2022 - 6:00 am by Amy Lynn Smith

Two females wearing graduation sashes and honor cords

Bella Cherin on left; Aunya Anderson on right APH is proud to award scholarships to students who are blind or low vision, supporting them in pursuit of higher education. Recognizing the growing demand for people with skills in advanced technologies – and how viable those fields are for people who are blind or low vision […]

Older posts