I want my 2nd volume of Visions of a Blind Woman to be strong and informative! I want to take you through a different experience from my own, and leave you with a sense that blindness is a very different phenomenon for different people who have, or are, experiencing it. It is not a death sentence as I once thought!
EVELYN VALDEZ is an open book! She shares her own introduction to blindness, her mixed feelings about being blind, and her emergence into the successful woman she has become. Evelyn is celebrating 10 years in her work with the United States Government, Office of Vetereans Affares! In her spare time, (wink, wink!) she gives so much of herself to her volunteer work with the National Federation of the Blnd of Virginia, as well as to our National Movement out of Baltimore, MD. She is the President of the Greater Alexandria Chapter of the NFB of Virginia and is known (and loved) for the unique and creative programming she orchestrates, and affecionately hands down to her Board, despite their not-so-subtle messages of "You've got to be kidding me!" Evelyn serves as a mentor in Project RISE, modeling for young people that their only limits are the ones they create for themselves. If you can dream it, you can achieve it!
At the National Federation of the Blind of Virginia State Convention last October, 2022, Evelyn was awarded the Seville Allen Award for her tireless devotion and commitment to the service of making life better, richer, and more accessible for blind people in Virginia and beyond, something she does with incredible style and grace!
It is with great pride that I introduce to you Ms. Evelyn Valdez...
