We had the tremendous honor of interviewing Tiana Tozer earlier this week. After a career in public relations Tiana moved to Iraq to become a humanitarian aid worker. In Iraq she implemented an innovative program that taught people with disabilities how to advocate for themselves and become social change agents. In Sudan, she was the State Director in Southern Kordofan running a program to build government capacity to deliver services, before she was extracted from the civil war. Since being injured by an intoxicated driver at the age of 20, Tiana has worked to change attitudes about people with disabilities, she lobbied for the ADA, sat on the board of the National Industries for the Severely Handicapped (NISH, now SourceAmerica) most recently she ran an employment program for people with disabilities. A two-time Paralympic medalist, bringing home bronze and silver, Tiana was a member of the USA Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team for five years. She has been featured on NBC Nighly News, NPR’s Here and Now and The Takeaway.

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