2022 Disability Futures Fellows

Pink lines form a loose triangle repeated into a three dimensional shape, gently curving down then up. Behind is a blurred image of clouds at sunset.

Meet the Disability Futures Fellows

A light-skinned, biracial woman with dark, curly, shoulder-length hair and pink lipstick. She is wearing a blue, ruffled top and is in front of a grey backdrop.

Alexandria Wailes

NEW YORK, NY
A white woman with long brown hair and hazel eyes leaning against a red textured wall. She is wearing a black-and-white patterned sweater

Alison O’Daniel

LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO, CA
An African-American and Indigenous person with dark chocolate skin from his mother. He has almond-shaped eyes with long lashes, long black locs tied in a low braid with a single loc visible across his cheek, and a full beard. He is bare-chested with his left hand raised artistically near his face.

Antoine Hunter a/k/a Purple Fire Crow

OAKLAND, CA
A Black, cisgender woman with brown skin and hair styled in two-strand twists. She is smiling and wearing makeup, glasses, dangling earrings decorated with jewel-toned stones, a necklace, and a V-neck purple dress. She is in a park and there are trees behind her.

Camisha L. Jones

Herndon, VA
An older, large, white woman with short, greying hair, sitting and smiling in the driver seat of a white van. She is wearing a colorful patterned sleeveless top. In front of her are sky blue streamers attached to the side-view mirror of the van that flow and curl in the wind and cover part of her torso.

Corbett Joan O’Toole

A multiracial man. He has dark brown, curly hair, wears a gray t-shirt, and smiles warmly at the camera.

Dickie Hearts

New York, NY
A Black man holding a tenor saxophone and a stalk of sugar cane above his head. He is wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt and a black saxophone neckstrap. Behind him is a wall of gray stone, cymbals, and microphones on stands.

JJJJJerome Ellis

Norfolk, VA
A white man with short brown hair and rectangular glasses. He wears a bright purple shirt and glances up towards the camera.

Kenny Fries

Berlin, Germany & Kauneonga Lake, NY
A brown-skinned woman in her 40s with brown eyes, curly salt-and-pepper hair, a white silk blouse, and a gold necklace. She is smiling and looking at the camera. The background is dark on the left side, lighter toward the right.

Khadijah Queen

Two people viewing a screen. On the screen is a person with blond, purple, and pink hair wearing a digital mask and smiling brightly. A label reads, ""Masking Machine, M. Eifler."""

M Eifler

San Francisco, CA
A light-skinned Mestizx with dark hair, silver hoop earrings, burgundy lipstick, and a black sweater with a white star. They sit in their scooter smiling and surrounded by golden creosote bushes.

Naomi Ortiz

Tucson, AZ
A multi-heritage woman with long tightly wound dark brown locks, wearing red lipstick and a high neck black shirt. Background is darkly lit with one purple light illuminating her left side onto her hair.

Nasreen Alkhateeb

Los Angeles, CA
A multigender, multiracial person. S(He) has brown skin and dark eyes, short purple hair, and is wearing a red t-shirt. Positioned against a black background, NEVE’s face is tilted up and turned slightly off center, with a broad smile that shows NEVE’s two front teeth.

NEVE

Seattle (Duwamish & Coast Salish lands), WA
A biracial man with dreadlocks. He is wearing a red shirt and sunglasses and stands beside a brick wall, holding a white cane.

QuestionATL

East Point, GA
A Black woman with her hair styled in long braids. She has pulled down a green face mask to smile joyfully at the camera and is wearing a white and green floral shirt.

Reverend Joyce McDonald

Brooklyn, NY
Acrylic paint portrait of Yi, a Taiwanese woman with golden peach skin tone and black hair. She is wearing a grey, long-sleeve shirt and looking to her left side with two fingers of each hand placed on each side of her face. The shine on her hair is painted in light silver blue. The background is red flowers with blue and black patterns and a variation of greens

Sandie (Chun-shan) Yi

Chicago, IL
Photo of Ho, an Asian American woman. She is wearing a striped shirt, a dark blue cardigan, and red glasses. She sits in a power wheelchair in a field.

Sandy Ho

Boston, MA
A Black woman with faux locs in a half up/down ponytail hairstyle. She is wearing a blouse patterned with tulips and staring into the camera.]

Tee Franklin

New Jersey
Lu, a Chinese American woman, smiling warmly at the camera. She is wearing black-framed glasses, a tracheostomy tube, and a blue sweater over a white button-down shirt. She is standing in front of a tree with yellow leaves.

Wendy Lu

New York, NY
A Taiwanese American femme in her late 20s. She has dark hair with bleached blonde ends and wears red lipstick, a black turtleneck, and a small beaded necklace. She sits in front of a tan backdrop.

Yo-Yo Lin

Brooklyn, NY