Recently, Ms. Sheena Manuel was recognized at the 2016 National Federation of the Blind of Louisiana, our state's affiliate of the NFB, Conference as the Outstanding Educator of the Year! Ms. Manuel is a member of the COE family and serves with Dr. Eddie Bell in the PDRIB office. Below is an excerpt from her acceptance speech and images from the celebration, Congratulations on the great work you are doing in our region, state, and nation, Sheena! We are grateful to have the opportunity to work with and learn from you!
Look at God! This has been the most challenging year of my career so far but this award lets me know that the people who matter the most appreciate my time, talent, and efforts to change what it means to be blind, to ensure that kids know blindness is a nuisance and not a defining characteristic, and any blind person can live the life they want! I am only the educator I am with the help of my team at the Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness, Dr. Ruby Ryles, all the blind people I have met here and at National convention who continue to tell me their stories and dreams for blind children, my students and their families for allowing me to fight for their rights to a free and appropriate public education, and my family and friends who continue to support my dreams and believe that I can change the world! I humbly accept this award and know that even the Educator of the Year still has room to grow!
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