What quality do you value most in a friend?Trust The most valuable thing in any friendship is trust. Trust comes with respect. When a person respects another, there is a strong bond of trust established between the two. Trust allows open communication between people. Trust provides an unbreakable bond. When trust and respect are damaged Read more

What countries do you want to visit?Israel and FranceReturn to Washington, DC My dream is to one day visit Israel, the Holy Land. Before my Dad passed away, he told me to go to Israel, it was something both my Mum and I wanted me to do. Israel is not the most accessible place in Read more

How important is spirituality in your life?My Faith Leads Me I have always been religious. As a child, instead of growing up on fairy tales, Mum taught me the stories from the Bible. My favourite stories were about Abraham, Jacob, Queen Esther and King David. The story about Daniel and his faithfulness to God event Read more

How do you waste the most time every day?Video games My favourite game is Age of Empires. When I need to chill out, I annihilate the world! 😂 It’s rather ironic since I’m a pacifist but nothing relaxes me more than playing that game. I have other games on my phone. Jurassic Dinosaurs which is Read more

The legacy I want to leave behind is accessibility advocacy I would like people to remember me for my accessibility advocacy for disabled people and for service dogs. I am a firm believer in fighting for the rights of disabled people and access to everything that abled people are privileged to have. I have faced Read more

What’s your favorite thing about yourself?Loving who I am Accepting yourself as you are is one of the hardest things to do. We often look at ourselves and see only flaws. Or, we see only accomplishments. We need to look at everything about ourselves to love ourselves just as we are. God made us exactly Read more

One of my favourite moments happened in 1999 In August of 1999, I joined a group of 9 other people in an Outward Bound week-long trip. This trip was a unique opportunity to pair a Disabled person with an abled person for a 7 day canoe trip, rock climbing and of course camping. The program Read more

How do I unwind after a demanding day and during the day Life can become overwhelming. Day to day issues can become stressful from time to time. As into that equation, unexpected situations, miscommunication and so much more – life can become chaotic. I’m definitely not perfect and I have difficulty with sudden changes to Read more

What is the most important thing needed to live a good life?ACCESSIBILITY When people think about accessibility, they generally do so from three perspectives : Making places and events accessible, requires the input of all the people mentioned above. A person who is blind cannot give information about what is accessible for someone who uses Read more