Jun 17, 2019
Blind Abilities Teen correspondent Simon Bonenfant sat down with Daria Zawadzki during his recent visit to New York City. Daria works for the Lighthouse Guildand facilitates Tele-Support Groups for Blind and Visually Impaired teens and parents of teens as well. And you can find out more about the Tele-Support on the web.
Daria talks about her` experiences as a Blind student, mother and her acceptance of her blindness and most of all, her passion facilitating the Tele-support group for teens who happened to be blind.
Daria Zawadzki attended New World High School of the Arts in Miami, FL, as a piano major, and then went on to receive her BA from Harvard University, graduating cum laude with a degree in Psychology in 1996. She completed her MSW from Columbia University School of Social Work in 1998, and is a licensed clinical social worker. In addition, Daria graduated from Fordham University School of Law in 2001, and is licensed to practice law in the state of NY. She was an elementary school counselor for many years and has been running support groups for the Lighthouse Guild for over a decade. She is a mother to two teenagers, ages 13 (Jack Milo) and 15 (Dune Rose), and married to her college sweetheart, Joe Zawadzki, a pioneer in the ad tech industry and Founder/CEO of "MediaMath."