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Denna Lambert’s 19 Years at NASA

Posted on September 20, 2022 - 1:20 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

Denna Lambert Denna Lambert started her career at NASA 19 years ago, and it all began with her taking initiative. Although her roles and responsibilities have changed over the years, her determination to keep reaching for higher goals has never waned. Blind since birth, Denna wasn’t having any luck finding a job after graduating from […]

Meet Khadija Bari: A Career Placement Expert

Posted on August 3, 2022 - 12:00 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

When Khadija Bari first moved to the United States at the age of 22, the availability of services for people who are blind or low vision – or even, to a large degree, accommodations being provided without her having to ask for them – were relatively new to her. Khadija’s family lived in many countries, […]

Dr. Heidi Joshi, Manager of Integrated Behavioral Health, Shares Her Career Journey

Posted on April 15, 2022 - 11:00 am by Shannon Carollo

Dr. Heidi Joshi is the Manager of Integrated Behavioral Health at John Muir Health’s Family Medicine Residency Program in Walnut Creek, California. The fast-paced, core faculty position is comprised of managing a team of mental health providers, educating medical residents on patient-centered communication skills and mental health issues, supporting physicians who have patients in mental […]

Meet Lucy Greco, Web Accessibility Evangelist with the University of California, Berkeley

Posted on March 25, 2022 - 1:30 pm by Shannon Carollo

Career Conversations is a monthly Zoom interview of an individual who is blind or low vision and gainfully employed. Meet our first guest, Lucy Greco and watch her Career Conversation episode at the bottom of the page. Lucy Greco, on what shaped her Lucy, blind since birth, grew up in Canada with her mother and […]

Kiran Kaja, Accessibility Lead for Instagram, shares what ignited his passion

Posted on March 25, 2022 - 9:49 am by Shannon Carollo

Kiran Kaja has a rare form of Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP); while most with RP begin losing their vision in their teenage years, Kiran has been blind since birth. Thankfully, Kiran’s parents understood early on that blindness is but one characteristic of an individual and that he was and is fully capable. Blindness did, however, uniquely […]

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