We have a deeply inSIGHTful episode for you to HEAR on this weekend’s show in episode 191 of The Hidden Workforce!
Welcome Cassandra Oakes, Founder and President of the nonprofit SHEP (Sight Hearing Encouragement Program). Also welcome her VP, Alethea Grigsby who is translating the interview, as well as one of Cassandra’s interpreters who empowers and assists her to communicate with us.
Join us as we hear Cassandra’s incredible story of founding SHEP, how she navigated being born deaf and prepared for her onset loss of sight, her life philosophy, how she breaks stigmas placed over the Deaf-Blind community every day, the many ways SHEP is serving the entire state of Oklahoma, and more!
You can learn more information about SHEP at https://www.shep-ok.org!
(Special Thank You and shout out to Alethea Grigsby for translating the entire interview, and to Cassandra's interpreter for being present throughout the interview to empower us to communicate with Cassandra and vice versa).
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