On this episode of the Special Chronicles Podcast: Jorge Hernandez-Perez, the 2021 Southeast Youth of the Year with the Boys and Girls Club of America and a student at Columbia University joins podcast host Daniel Smrokowski for fruitful and important ADA and disability conversation as he shares his empowering story from Cuba To Columbia University.

We talk about Jorge’s formative years and his diverse identities being of Cuba heritage to being diagnosed with ADHD and identifying as gay shaped him as an individual in society.

We continue our hour conversation with how his opportunities from the Boys and Girls Club of America led him to today being a Columbia University student; while shaping his future career goals in public policy and education.

Finally, you don’t want to miss the final segment of this week’s episode! Jorge shares lessons he learned from sharing the stage with First Lady of the United States of America Dr. Jill Biden!

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Disabled Voices Matter! As an award-winning intellectual disability advocate and host of the Special Chronicles Podcast, Daniel Smrokowski tells special needs stories from an insider’s perspective. “PodmanDan” is himself a person with special needs. As your weekly guide to finding joy and acceptance, Special Chronicles offers entertaining and informational disability conversations.

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