I was born blind, and adopted as an infant. Despite having what many would consider a frightening and crippling disability I have defied most expectations and led a successful life.I played in the marching band and swam on the high school swim team. I earned a B.A., a Teaching Credential, and an M.A. and I taught high school and college English for a total of fourteen years. I am a musician, singer, songwriter and husband.I speak about my experiences; share stories, insights and original music with audiences to help them build resilience and courage, and realize that despite their limitations, anyone can succeed.I engage audiences with stories from my life experience as ablind individual to encourage them to overcome self-doubtand find their own success.My memorable stories, humor and original music, will entertain, engage and amaze your audience. They will leave withpractical, actionable steps to move them forward after my talk.Besides my experience teaching English, I have life long experience speaking on technologies and issues related to blindnessSpecialties: dynamic speaking and interpersonal communications,writing and editing to improve clarity, conciseness and correctness Latino and multi-cultural literatureblindness technologies including OCR, screen readers, TTS enabled devices, Braille devices, print accessibilityfluent Spanish