Susan Hood was working on a degree in art history and a lifelong dance history project when a dental visit led to a staphylococcus blood infection that nearly killed her in 2017. “I wasn’t expected to live, but I did,” Susan said. After nine...
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Jisselle Yanez, age 19, was blind at birth and learned to navigate her world without vision from a young age. But as the Vacaville resident was preparing to graduate from high school in 2020 and begin classes at San Francisco State University...
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By the time Augustine Chukuma arrived in the United States from Nigeria, and became a citizen, he had already experienced so many blessings that he decided to legally change his name to Isimuka, which means “great fortune” in his parents’...
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Our Senior IMPACT Project manager Priscilla Yeung grew up feeling invisible. She shied away from public speaking and sharing her personal story, especially as her vision declined. This year, she found the courage to begin talking to the broader...
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Debra was building and repairing communications equipment for the U.S. Army when she began losing her vision in her 40s due to myopic degeneration. What began with a minor episode in her right eye in 1982 eventually became a serious issue when...
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Earlier this summer, we learned that Society for the Blind was one of the recipients of the new Nancy and Hank Fisher Senior Initiatives Fund at the Sacramento Region Community Foundation. This gift ensures our Senior IMPACT Project will be able...
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