
I was born with congenital glaucoma in both eyes and am a very near sighted individual, hence putting me in the visual impaired group of people my whole life to date. But despite that I’ve always been one to have my goals set high and one never to be easily discouraged by my troubles. I have high aims and goals of one day being able to have my own real estate company and invest in more things than just selling homes. I want to be a multi faceted business man and a person of many talents. I wanna be able to motivate and inspire others who may be battling the same troubles as me and anyone really that may have any impairments or even if they don’t to chase their dreams and not be afraid of what anyone thinks. I wanna give opportunity to everyone who has a love for something and feels like they can’t be seen. I know that might not happen overnight, but I know that if I keep working hard that all of my goals can be attained and that’s all I want to do and be remembered for in not just education, but business, art, or anything I put my hand too.
This is my current job. Here I work as a barista, and take orders and prepare juices, smoothies and açaí bowls for customers as well as prep and wash fresh fruit and vegetable and clean the store.
This was my first ever job. I was given the opportunity for it during my junior year of high school through the DOR (Department of Rehabilitation) as a chance for me as a visually impaired student to get a chance to learn about what would be expected of me and to get experience in a work environment. I was able to work there for roughly 10 weeks and was paid and learned a lot in that time which would help me with my future jobs and experiences regardless of my impairment.
At this job I would learn to check for expired products, restock shelves with new shipments, and assist customers with opening locked products and answer questions they may have.
I am a very teamwork friendly person and always willing to go the extra mile in anything I’m engaged of regardless of my visual impairment I make an effort to try and never use it as an excuse to not give my full 100% and would honestly say that is one skill I’m happy I have I’m also a very creative person, and quick to learn, as well as ready to learn individual