My Journey of Light and Wisdom:
Thirty Years in the National Federation of the Blind of Puerto Rico and 23 Years Educating with Passion
By Prof. Tomás Cintron Rivera (en español)
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Gratitude for the Women of the Movement
Growing up, I tried many different sports and hobbies: soccer, tee ball, swim team, drama club, dance classes, and 4-H. I even tried my hand at piano for a number of years.
Resilience, Authenticity, and Gratitude: From South America to Duke Business School
I had a somewhat typical childhood growing up in Cartagena, Columbia, a port city on the Caribbean Sea, except that I was not allowed to attend school because of my blindness.
A Photographer's Insights on Vision Loss
"We’ll find out..."
It was a phrase said to me repeatedly by two of my greatest mentors, Fred Sanders and Jim Platt. Almost fifty years later, that phrase seems to pop out of my own mouth with increasing regularity.
My Job at a Children’s Museum
If we were to ask a random sample of our sighted friends if a blind person could work at a children’s museum, the majority of those individuals might say no.