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Michelle Garcia | Community Organizer, Access Living

Michelle Garcia has been working for Access Living as the Latino Community Organizer since 2009 in which she took a personal interest, particularly that of educating and collaborating with the Latino community about disability rights and services.  Through her work, she has had the opportunity to collaborate with other Latino groups and organizations that work within the Latino Community which has helped expand their knowledge about disability related issues.  She is the coordinator of a Latino advocacy group called Cambiando Vidas, whose mission is to create social change within the Latino Community.
 As a Community Organizer, she is responsible for increasing the number of Latino leaders with disabilities; as well as to raise awareness of disability issues such as: Immigration, Transportation, Civil Rights, and Self-Esteem within the Latino community; through organizing educational forums in different areas of the city with most Latino population, to educate Latinos with disabilities about disability rights and services. 

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  • Home
    • Mission Statement
    • CNLD Members
    • CNLD Leadership >
      • Sara M. Acevedo
      • Alexis M. Alvarez
      • Lavonna Connell
      • Maria Vicky Diaz
      • Lidia Fonseca
      • Arianna Garcia
      • Michelle Garcia
      • Yessica M. Guardiola Marrero
      • Maria (Conchita) Hernandez Legorreta
      • Jessica Jimenez
      • Carla L. Lewis-Irizarry
      • Michón Neal
      • Katherine Perez
      • Angel Ponce
      • Reveca Torres
      • Lisette Torres-Gerald
      • Jorge Matos Valldejuli
      • Leonor Vanik
      • Dior Vargas
      • Alisha Vasquez
      • Juliana Velasco
      • Monica Villareal
      • Ralph Yaniz
      • Nancy Armstrong-Sanchez
      • Catalina Galvan
      • Kristen Salkas
      • Washieka Torres
      • John Silvi
      • Federico R. Waitoller
    • Interns >
      • A Conversation About Immigrants with Disabilities
      • CNLD First Twitter Chat
    • Contact Us
  • What We Do
    • Annual Conference >
      • 2018 Conference >
        • Conferencia 2018
        • Program 2018 >
          • Welcome Address
          • Keynote 2018
          • Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
          • Representation and Media
          • Caretaking and Disability
          • Accessing Media
          • Immigration and Disability
          • Motherhood and Autism
          • Women's Empowerment
          • Community Conversations
          • Neurodivergent Change Angents
          • Special Education in Charter Schools
          • Embracing Disability
          • Mentorship and Access
          • CNLD's Activism
          • CNLD Chapters
        • Sponsorship 2018
      • 2017 Conference >
        • Sponsorship 2017
        • Event Photos 2017
        • Program 2017 >
          • Welcome & Keynotes
          • Disability Rights Movement
          • Intersectionality
          • Immigration
          • Community Art Project
          • Education/Employment
          • Healthcare
          • Activism
          • Community Discussion
          • Interpreters
          • StoryCorps
      • 2016 Conference
    • Advocacy >
      • Clean DREAM Act >
        • H.R. 3440 Co-Sponsors
        • S. 1615
        • Call Your Rep
      • Free Rosa
      • HR 620 "ADA Ed and Reform Act"
      • Immigrants and Refugees with Disabilities
      • Public Charge
      • Voting
      • Zero-tolerance policy
      • Mass Shooting
      • Statement on Marca Bristo's Passing
    • CNLD Committees >
      • Immigrants & Refugees with Disabilities // Inmigrantes y Refugiados con Discapacidades
      • Organizational Strategy and Neurodiversity
      • Organization and Operations
      • Research >
        • Survey/Encuesta
  • Blog
    • Entries
  • Get involved
    • Donate
    • Join Mailing List
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