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Beyond Vision: Creating Employment Opportunities and Building Confidence

Posted on July 20, 2022 - 5:59 pm by Amy Lynn Smith

A smiling woman with chin-length gray hair and round orange-tinted glasses. She’s wearing a colorful top and casual jacket.

For people who are blind or low vision, opportunity is always knocking at Beyond Vision. The nonprofit organization creates employment and advancement opportunities for people who are blind or low vision through jobs and training. Some employees work for Beyond Vision or work in jobs the organization creates through its customers, while others build the […]

Meet Daryl Walker: Three-Time Goalball Paralympian

Posted on July 6, 2022 - 10:24 am by Melissa Schenkel

Daryl Walker was born with albinism and accompanying low vision. However, throughout his 40 years of life, he hasn’t let low vision slow him down… even the slightest. Daryl is a three-time goalball Paralympian representing Team USA. According to the United States Association of Blind Athletes, is the most popular team sport for athletes who […]

From Self-Conscious of Blindness to Self-Confident and Successful: Meet Gena Harper

Posted on June 30, 2022 - 12:57 pm by Shannon Carollo

image of Gena holding cane in front of a field of pink flowers

Gena Harper works at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management as the Senior Vice President of Wealth Management and the Senior Investment Management Consultant. She provides custom financial planning and simplifies it for her clients. Her role consists of marketing to acquire clients, complex financial analysis and planning for individuals, investment research, plan implementation, ongoing monitoring, and […]

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 […]