During the last 35 years, Fernando has touched bases with his extended family in Brazil, received treatment in a medical facility in Russia, pursued college degrees at Georgetown and Cornell, held jobs in Manhattan, in Zurich and with UNICEF.
In 1999, a young Fernando was instrumental in selecting me, at 56 years old, as senior content developer for eSight Careers Network, a website for The Associated Blind, Inc., New York City (some six blocks from the 911 towers). His encouragement helped me launch my second, 17-year career as an accredited Global Career Development Facilitator.
With the help of technology, Fernando and I have kept in touch with each other during 25 of those 35 years. He is visually impaired and I have cerebral palsy.
In an email discussion about five years ago, I had an opportunity to thank him for giving me the platform for publishing my ideas about disability employment when I really needed it.
Little did I know, at the time, that the esight.org website would lead to development of “Opening Up” interactive newsletter as we now know it in 2023.
* When did you strengthen a relationship with another person before it was too late?
I suspected this series was a mini professional bio. Thank you for sharing it with us. Not only did I enjoy your walk through some of your work experiences and related learnings, it brought back many memories of my former work-a-day world. Thank you so much, Jim
Thanks, Brenda. What I learned by writing this series is that commitment to family over the years is far more important than anything we accomplish during our years in the business world. Jim
During the last 35 years, Fernando has touched bases with his extended family in Brazil, received treatment in a medical facility in Russia, pursued college degrees at Georgetown and Cornell, held jobs in Manhattan, in Zurich and with UNICEF.
In 1999, a young Fernando was instrumental in selecting me, at 56 years old, as senior content developer for eSight Careers Network, a website for The Associated Blind, Inc., New York City (some six blocks from the 911 towers). His encouragement helped me launch my second, 17-year career as an accredited Global Career Development Facilitator.
With the help of technology, Fernando and I have kept in touch with each other during 25 of those 35 years. He is visually impaired and I have cerebral palsy.
In an email discussion about five years ago, I had an opportunity to thank him for giving me the platform for publishing my ideas about disability employment when I really needed it.
Little did I know, at the time, that the esight.org website would lead to development of “Opening Up” interactive newsletter as we now know it in 2023.
* When did you strengthen a relationship with another person before it was too late?
I suspected this series was a mini professional bio. Thank you for sharing it with us. Not only did I enjoy your walk through some of your work experiences and related learnings, it brought back many memories of my former work-a-day world. Thank you so much, Jim
Thanks, Brenda. What I learned by writing this series is that commitment to family over the years is far more important than anything we accomplish during our years in the business world. Jim