Member Stories

For her prolific commitment to learning, Kassakian has been named a recipient of Hadley’s HEROES Award, given to those who help further Hadley's mission to create personalized learning opportunities.

"Networking is what it’s all about," says Dottie. "Getting Hadley's information out there is a way for me to continue to give back to others. Something that has been important to me all my life."

When Hadley began working on the new website, Linda was asked to be an advisor. “I am the perfect person to do this because I get in more technology tangles than anyone,” she remarks. She is very happy with the result.

With the tagline, "for the fairest of them all," Ivoree Beauty’s mission is to provide beauty product options that did not previously exist for women with albinism.

Sheri's passion has always been horses. She earned her BA in equine management and worked for many years on thoroughbred and standardbred horse farms in Kentucky.

Rader has since worked her way through more than 140 Hadley workshops and tutorials.

"For me, the world during the pandemic is not so dark anymore, emotionally and otherwise," said Thompson.

"I've gotten back to emails and on the internet and have reconnected with those I lost touch with, the technology help has been life-changing during the pandemic."

“What's key for me is that there's hope there. You have to have hope that you can still do what you want in life."

Today, Mitchell conducts her own a Zoom cooking class, teaching others with vision loss what she learned in her own kitchen in what she describes as "descriptive cooking."