Personal Biography:

Born prematurely in 1968 I was left blind but alive after receiving too much oxygen in an incubator. I was salutatorian of my high school in 1987 and went on to attend California State University San Bernardino. I am the proud father of one daughter. I currently teach other blind and visually impaired people to use computers and the adaptive technology we need to access them.

Goals:

Goals for the Fellowship

Even those blind and visually impaired people who can use computers effectively are usually a step behind their sighted peers because of the difficulty of obtaining the adaptive technology we require to make computer use possible. Through my participation in the ZeroDivide Fellowship I hope to better my understanding of advocacy and policy making processes to help alleviate this problem.