I am a special educator who has worked with the blind for nearly ten years, also having a visual impairment. Intent on writing stories with a message about very capable, other-abled people, who acc...view moreI am a special educator who has worked with the blind for nearly ten years, also having a visual impairment. Intent on writing stories with a message about very capable, other-abled people, who accomplish the unexpected, I feel the public can learn a lot about themselves and others by reading about the many obstacles that individuals with visual impairments overcome daily. My writing emphasis for the last year has been on young adult fiction.I also have a B.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University and I am a native San Franciscan now residing in Oakland.view less