“Keep going!” Meghan O’Grady stresses when asked what advice she has for blind jobseekers. Meghan graduated from the Employment Immersion program in May 2015, and started her job in November 2015. “I’m a dorm counselor at Orientation Center for the Blind (OCB), giving back to the community every day.” For Meghan, Employment Immersion helped her … Continue reading “Keep Going” Advises Our Latest Employment Immersion Success→
36-year-old Esmeralda Soto-Parraz was born in the small city of Hollister, California. She and her family moved to California’s Central Valley when she was ten and moved to San Francisco in the late ‘90s to attend San Francisco State University, where she took general education classes. She interrupted her university studies to move back home … Continue reading We are Celebrating Employment Immersion Success Esmeralda Soto-Parraz→
Born in Arkansas, and raised in Alabama, Todd Kinard still has a bit of southern sweetness to his voice even though he has spent his adult life in Houston, Texas and the Bay Area. In 2004 Todd lost his vision to complications associated with AIDS. Before this Todd worked as a waiter and a hairdresser. … Continue reading Employment Immersion Success – Todd Kinard Returns to the Fold→
Erik Elvebak has a passion for working with and on behalf of the disabled and has nurtured this into a career. Growing up in Mill Valley, California, he became legally blind at age 33 after an ice hockey accident. After attending Orientation Center for the Blind and Chabot College in Hayward, where he honed skills … Continue reading Employment Immersion Success Erik Elvebak Makes the Transition→
Christina Daniels was born in the Bay Area with cataracts that diminished her eyesight. A few years later glaucoma reduced her vision further. But Daniels, who is now 33, embraced the challenge of low-vision and was a go-getter. With a Bachelor‘s degree in English from San Francisco State plus braille and accessible technology skills, she … Continue reading Christina Daniels – Our Latest Employment Immersion Success→
Optimizing Employment Opportunities The Facts 54.9% of the U.S. population that is blind or has low vision aged 18 – 64 are not in any form of employment. The estimated population of people who have low vision or who are blind in the United States aged between 18 and 64 is 3,846,600. Find U.S. disability statistics. … Continue reading LightHouse National Employment Immersion Program→
