The See-Through Podcast

Episode 023 | Tyler and Emma Millard (The Ghosts of Liberty) join the podcast. After becoming blind due to retinitis pigmentosa, musician Tyler Millard met his wife Emma in 2014 to cowrite music together. While their working relationship evolved into a marriage, music has never left the equation. | To learn more about Foundation Fighting Blindness, visit: fightingblindness.org | To learn more about "I See Music", visit: iseemusic.org | To learn more about this podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 022 | Catarina Rivera (Blindish Latina) joins the podcast. Catarina is a public speaker and educator who describes herself as a disability stigma smasher. Catarina and I discuss her journey from denial to self advocacy after being diagnosed with Usher syndrome. | To learn more about Foundation Fighting Blindness, visit: fightingblindness.org | To learn more about the podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 021 | Pete Dankelson (Guitarist - Pete's Diary) joins the podcast. Born with Goldenhar syndrome, Pete is a 20 year old guitarist who spreads positivity and self-acceptance through his music and public speaking. Pete and I talk about his company Pete's Diary, guitar gear, as well as his goals as a musician and online personality. | To learn more about Pete, visit: petesdiary.com | To learn more about Harmony For Hope, visit: harmonyforhope.org | To learn more about Children's Craniofacial Association, visit: ccakids.org | To learn more about this podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 020 | Jon Marin (Author) joins the podcast. Jon is the Program Director for the Career Discovery Project, a year round internship program that connects blind and visually impaired high school and college students with career based work opportunities. Jon is also the author of "See Us", which is a photographic journey of six visually impaired young adults from New York City that are balancing their lives between work, home, and school. Jon and I talk about the Career Discovery Project, "See Us', and how they are both connected. | To learn more about the Career Discovery Project, visit: cityaccessny.org/career-discovery-project | To learn more about "See Us", visit: iamjonmarin.com | To learn more this podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 019 | Casey Acree (Adaptive CrossFit Athlete) joins the podcast. Casey is a health + fitness coach and an adaptive CrossFit champion. Born without part of his left arm, Casey is a congenital amputee. Casey and I discuss his athletic and mental journey from playing middle school sports to his current life as an adaptive athlete. | To learn more about Team Some Assembly Required, visit: teamsar.org | To learn more about Casey's gym, visit: summitsystems.org | To learn more about this podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 018 | Jermaine Greaves (Activist) joins the podcast. Outside of creating viral dance videos, Jermaine is the co-founder of the social movement Black Disabled Lives Matter. In this episode, Jermaine and I dive deep into Black Disabled Lives Matter, his clothing/ non-profit organization "Not Like The Other Kids" and how to own who you are as a disabled person. | You can follow Black Disabled Lives Matter on social media using the handle @blackdisabledlivesmatters | To learn more about Not Like The Other Kids, visit: stereotypeco.com/notliketheotherkids | To learn more about this podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 017 | Andy Bolan (Associate Director of Patient and Medical Community Engagement at ProQR Therapeutics) joins the podcast. Based in the Netherlands, ProQR is a biotechnology company dedicated to changing lives by developing RNA therapies for rare genetic diseases. More specifically, they focus their drug development mainly on a group of blinding disorders affecting the retina, called inherited retinal diseases. We discuss the science happening in their labs and how important genetic testing is for people with an inherited retinal disease. | To learn more about ProQR Therapeutics, visit: https://www.proqr.com | Andy's featured organization was Retina International. To learn more, visit: retina-international.org | To learn more about the podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 016 | Taylor Kane (Founder: Remember The Girls) joins the podcast. Taylor is the Founder and President of Remember The Girls - an international non-profit organization that unites, educates and empowers female carriers of x-linked genetic disorders. | To learn more about Remember The Girls, visit: rememberthegirls.org | To find more organizations dedicated to rare diseases, visit: rarediseases.org | To learn more about the podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 015 | Noah Mbuyamba (Para-Athlete) joins the podcast to discuss life with a limb deficiency. While on vacation, Noah lost his right lower leg in a scooter accident. While hospitalized for his injury, a nurse suggested that he could become the next "Blade-runner", which sparked Noah's current journey to become a Paralympic athlete. In this episode, you'll hear Noah's amazing story, his diet and training regimen and more. | To learn more about the podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com

Episode 014 | Dan Mancina (Skateboarder) comes on the podcast to discuss being a visually-impaired skateboarder, the career field of vision rehabilitation therapy (VRT) and the importance of pursuing your passions with or without a disability. | Dan gave a shout out to his own organization "Keep Pushing Inc." which is a non-profit that aims to share the traditions of skateboarding with the differently abled community. To learn more, visit: keeppushinginc.com | To learn more about the podcast, visit: seethroughpod.com