Ann Wai-Yee Kwong (she/her) passionately creates, implements, and evaluates innovative strategies around empowerment, education, and collaboration with marginalized communities in her current role as the Coordinator of the Disability Cultural Community (DCC) Center at UC Berkeley. Her intersectional identity and lived experience as a proud Chinese American woman, blind professional, and first-generation college student who graduated from Cal greatly guide her work and research.
As a former Program Manager at the LightHouse for the Blind in San Francisco, Ann designed, managed, and...
Rachel (she/her) is a proud Berkeley graduate and a Bay Area native. She has worked with and for the disability community for over a decade, and loves learning all the creative ways people manage their needs. She is extremely passionate about ensuring higher education is accessible and welcoming. She would like you all to know that you belong to a Berkeley-based community with a long history of activism, advocacy, and of fighting for dignity, justice, and simply a chance to pursue happiness.
In her free time, Rachel enjoys cuddling her two cats, or any animals that want some love,...