🥊 Disability stigma smasher | Trainer 🎤 Public Speaker: vision + hearing loss ❌ Denial ➡️ Self-advocacy 💯 MY STORY Passionate about living a life of purpose! I wear hearing aids and am losing my vision. My family is Cuban and Puerto Rican 🇨🇺 🇵🇷 ❤️ Disability Pride: I’m not broken and there’s nothing wrong with me ❤️ MISSION 🗝 Use my lived experience with disability to create a more inclusive world. HIGHLIGHTS ✔️Entrepreneur, Speaker, Consultant ✔️ Founder, Blindish Latina ✔️ Co-Founder, ExplorEquity sustainable travel biz ✔️ Two graduate degrees: MSEd, MPH ✔️ 14+ yrs in nonprofits + education #UsherSyndrome #a11y SPEAKING ABOUT: 🗣 ableism 🗣 intersectionality 🗣 disability allyship 🗣 disability awareness 🗣 diversity and inclusion 🗣 accessibility in the workplace INTERESTS: ✈️ sustainable travel 🌎 social justice 💃🏻 salsa dancing 💪🏽 entrepreneurship 🧄 studying Italian 📕 reading Pronouns: She/her/hers/ella Profile Image Description: Catarina is a light-skinned Latinx woman. She has long dark brown wavy hair, is wearing a sleeveless blue shirt with white accents, and is standing in front of a maroon colored wall. She is smiling at the camera. OPEN TO: speaking, consulting, collaborations, co-moderating, serving as a media source, and speaking on podcasts 🎙 catarinarivera.com 🔗 LinkedIn: Catarina Rivera DM me on Instagram 👇🏽