Blind Abilities

A Chat with Laura Hernandez: A Comedian, A Poet and An Advocate for Social Justice


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blind Abilities presents an in depth chat with Laura Hernandez, a blind comedian who has performed in a variety of comedy clubs and other venues.

As a spoken word artist, Laura, AKA "Ojos Del Alma”,  writes her own poetry, is an indigenous rights activist , and a highly educated individual. Laura shares her lifelong struggles with Marfan’s syndrome, a disease which affects the connective tissue in her body. listen as Laura describes the struggles with which she dealt from early childhood throughout her life with Marfan Syndrome. Despite this and various other setbacks in her education, Laura maintains a superb and extremely positive attitude. 

join Jeff Thompson as he conducts this intimate chat with Laura, as only he can present. And of course, we have inserted various clips from Laura’s stand-up comedy routine and other media

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