Look at things from Sandy's View

June 26, 2015 • Posted in blindness, Blogroll, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, radio, Uncategorized, writing by
U of I graduate Sandra Murillo.

U of I graduate Sandra Murillo.

If you follow this blog, you already know guest blogger Sandra Murillo. Sandra lost her sight when she was three years old. She has always attended regular public schools, and has known she wanted to be a writer ever since her sophomore year at Thornwood High School in South Holland, Ill.

Sandra’s first guest post was about using assistive technology to vote in her first presidential election, and the last time we published a guest post by Sandra was when she’d just graduated from University of Illinois journalism school and was looking for a job.

Good news! Sandra is working full-time at the Chicago Lighthouse for the Blind – she is a regular contributor to The Beacon (a weekly radio program on disability issues) and runs a weekly column there.

Sandy’s View features Sandra’s responses to commonly asked questions about the challenges facing people who are blind or have visual impairments. This week’s question was about how people who are blind manage to swim, and Sandra was kind enough to include an excerpt from my memoir Long Time, No See there to help answer that question.

The posts I write here about ways I manage to do things without being able to see always get a lot of comments, so if you’re interested in learning more, I highly recommend you look at them from Sandy’s View. Congratulations on the new job, Sandra!

Carolyn Alessio On June 26, 2015 at 3:45 pm

Hi Beth! I wonder if Sandra knows our friend Araceli? Best c

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bethfinke On June 26, 2015 at 3:52 pm

She would pretty much *have* to, right? I’ll ask!

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Monna Ray On June 26, 2015 at 4:33 pm

Thanks for the bit about Sandy, Beth. Monna

Sandra On June 26, 2015 at 6:13 pm

Thanks for the wonderful post about the blog Beth!!! Maybe you can right a guest post for us one of these days? Cheers!!

bethfinke On June 27, 2015 at 12:17 am

Sandra, have you run into Araceli there at the Lighthouse? She is a dear friend of my friend Carolyn, and I was fortunate enough to share lunch with them a year or two ago.j

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Sandra On June 27, 2015 at 4:53 pm

Was this Araceli Heredia from Employment Services? Of course I know her!!

Annelore On June 26, 2015 at 7:01 pm

Yeah! Sandy is a very positive agent in our lifes, she reinforces the belief that everything is possible. Hurray for Sandy.
Annelore

bethfinke On June 27, 2015 at 12:31 am

Thanks, Monna and Hannelore. You’re right: Sandra is a treasure. I just have to get used to referring to her as Sandy! _____

Sandra On June 27, 2015 at 4:56 pm

Sandra, Sandy, it’s all the same to me!! 🙂

ojdohertyJenny On July 13, 2015 at 1:07 pm

Glad Sandra has been able to get full-time work. I enjoyed reading her posts, and I’m looking forward to reading her recent work. Thanks for sharing.

bethfinke On July 13, 2015 at 1:41 pm

Happy to share all good news about Sandra!enjoy her posts

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bethfinke On July 13, 2015 at 1:42 pm

PS Sandra is one of the people who encourage me to learn how to use my iPhone to send messages like this she’s the greatest

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