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SUMMARY:Student Academy: Careers in Accessibility Panel
DESCRIPTION:Teach Access Student Academy\nJoin Teach Access for a Free two-day Virtual Workshop on Accessibility on February 20th-21st, 2025. Individual sessions will occur from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET (8:00 AM to 2:00 PM PT)!\nAll students are welcome to attend. Whether you are enrolled in a college or university or are a lifelong learner, this workshop will increase your knowledge about accessibility. Learn practical accessibility skills that can be applied to your projects and gain the confidence to have impactful conversations that inspire others to prioritize inclusion.\nLearn more and register here: http://live-teachaccess.pantheonsite.io/student-programs/ ( https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/teachaccess.org/student-programs/__;!!HXCxUKc!yE7ZX2VXbjo8g2HFtwZ2CBAWrYxUpczKxrgBVDcXAbwDfRQI2aGvMLNx6oiEDSgb05R1kzRiObcUMsuE_w$ )\nCareers in Accessibility Panel\nIn the Teach Access Student Academy Careers in Accessibility Panel, you will hear from accessibility professionals currently working in the field. The panelists will share how they got started in accessibility, what they have learned along the way, the challenges they have faced, and advice they have for those interested in working in accessibility.\nPanel Moderator: \n\nMeena Das ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/meena11/ ), Software Engineer, Microsoft\n\nPanelists:\n\nFred Moltz ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/fred-moltz-b730b713/ ), Chief Accessibility Officer, Verizon\nLaura Allen ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-allen-08843642/ ), Director, Google Accessibility & Disability Inclusion\nLucia Rios ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/luciarios/ ), Workforce Navigators Program Associate, Salesforce\nRob Haverty ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-haverty-81a0b01/ ), Manager of Product Management, Adobe Accessibility\n\nPanelist Biographies\nAbout Meena Das\nMeenakshi ‘Meena’ Das is a software engineer at Microsoft working on building accessible frontend experiences. Through her accessibility expertise she has advised several individuals and organizations on how to make their products accessible to people with disabilities. She is the founder of ‘Working with Disabilities’  ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/431496164254403 )support group for working professionals with disabilities which has over 3000+ members on social media. For her tech inclusion work, she was inducted into the National Susan M. Daniels National Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame ( https://ndmc.pyd.org/hall-of-fame/class-of-2020/meenakshi-das/ ), named a DO-IT Trailblazer  ( https://www.washington.edu/doit/do-it-honors-four-2021-trailblazers )for changing the way the world views people with disabilities, and recently awarded the Disability:IN NextGen Leader of the Year. ( https://disabilityin.org/releases/disabilityin-announces-the-2022-inclusion-awards-winners/ ) In addition to serving on the Teach Access Board, she is also a member of the Accessibility Leadership Committee and the NextGen Council of a non-profit organization named Disability:IN, and has been featured by the Times of India, ABC News, CNET, Forbes and Tech Times for her views on disability inclusion in tech. You can follow her on Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/disabilitiesintech/ ) where she shares Accessibility tidbits and experiences from her personal life.\nAbout Fred Moltz\nFred’s experience includes over 22 years at Verizon in multiple strategic roles, including the last 7 years building Verizon’s Accessibility Program from the ground up.  Fred’s mission is to provide continued leadership that incorporates Accessibility by Design in all aspects of Verizon that will provide exceptional experiences for all Employees and Customers.  Fred and his team work daily to “Engage Everyone and Re-imagine Accessibility.”\nAbout Laura Allen\nLaura Allen serves as Director for Accessibility & Disability Inclusion at Google, within Google’s centralized Products for All team. Laura and her team drive internal and external facing programs across the world, and work cross-functionally across teams to improve the accessibility and usability of Google products and processes, also making Google a more accessible and equitable place for people with disabilities. In addition to her core role, Laura is the Global President of the Disability Alliance Employee Resource Group. Due to her personal experience with low vision, she believes that technology has more power now than ever to transform lives, and progressing accessibility and disability inclusion is her true passion and purpose.\nLaura also represents Google in the Teach Access organization, where various technology companies, higher education institutions, and disability advocacy organizations come together to drive the inclusion of accessibility in core computer science, design, human centered interaction programs, and other key disciplines to close the accessibility skills gap. Since 2020, she has served as the Chair of the Teach Access Board of Directors. Since 2017, Laura has also served on the board of directors for the San Francisco Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, and completed a 4-year term on the board of the Alphapointe Foundation, an organization centered around empowering individuals who are visually impaired to achieve their goals and aspirations. Since 2023, Laura has also served on the board of inABLE Africa, an organization striving to empower people with disabilities across Kenya and beyond.\nAbout Lucia Rios\nLucia’s life in college and over a 20-year working career has included giving a voice to and empowering those with disabilities. During her 15 years as a staff member at the Center for Independent Living in West Michigan, she helped businesses identify ways to become accessible and instructed young adults as they transitioned from school to career. As a journalist, Lucia’s writing focuses on disability issues, including living with her lifelong disability. She mentors the next generation of advocates and serves on several local boards. Lucia removes barriers and creates access through her presence, voice, and activism, which includes her current work in Workforce Navigators in the Office of Accessibility at Salesforce.\nAbout Rob Haverty\nRob Haverty is a Manager of Product Management on the corporate Accessibility team at Adobe with a\nfocus product accessibility and public policy, standards, and regulations. With more than 25 years of\naccessibility experience Rob as has been involved in many facets of accessibility including testing, design,\nproduct development, technical evangelism, and policy and standards development. Rob has presented\nat conferences world-wide and has been involved in international accessibility projects such as the\nUNESCO Inclusive Classroom Project. Prior to coming to Adobe Rob was engaged in accessibility work at\nMicrosoft. He is now managing the product managers on the Adobe corporate accessibility team\nfocused on Adobe’s Digital Media products. Previously his focus at Adobe was on PDF accessibility with\nthe goal of making it easier to create accessible PDF documents. He frequently provided training on\nusing Acrobat Pro DC to create accessible PDFs.\n
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