In this episode, Sarah marries disability, history with black history. She shares how the Black Panthers were intricate support system to the disability rights movement. It is her way to pay homage to the black and brown community and thank them for their contribution to assisting people with disabilities as they advocated for their human and civil rights.

On this day, Sarah remembers Dr. Martin Luther King. She contemplates on his very famous “I Have Dreams” speech. She shares how the speech has influenced her work as an s disability advocate, as well as her view on American history. This podcast episode is Sarah’s homage to Dr. King and his legacy. In addition, it is her way of acknowledging his call to action in her life from the vantage point of democracy.

In this episode, Sarah Wishes everyone a Happy New Year. She leaves her closing thoughts in this episode about the community she so proudly represents. She shares that in many cases people who have met her and learned about her life have often felt admiration for her. Even though she respects and receives this admiration, Sarah shares that she doesn’t necessarily want to be admired but rather be respected. Sarah indicates that because the disability community is often a segregated and isolated community that when people meet her and learn about her they are drawn to the idea that she is inspirational. However, Sarah wants people to think deeper about how people who experience disabilities would rather be seen as viable and respectable citizens of the community and hence the world.

In this episode, Sarah talks about the difference between providing service to people who experience disabilities versus supporting people with disabilities. She talks about it in regards to the Medicaid and Medicare social service systems that often times people who experience disabilities have to depend on in order to try to self-direct their lives. Sarah encourages people to think outside the prism of the Medicaid and Medicare systems in order to connect to people to resources within their community in so that they can achieve autonomy over their lives and full inclusion in their communities.

In this episode, Sarah explains what self-direction means for the disability community. How self-direction has been something people who experience disabilities have had to advocate for because it is not expected that people who experience disabilities self- direct their lives. She talks about how many in society have the overwhelming perception people with disabilities need to be serviced and medically taken care due to their disability experience that they can’t self-direct their own lives. Sarah indicates that self-direction is something that the disability community continues to want to achieve through advocacy and the recognition of their humanity.

In this episode, Sarah talks about trauma. She is very explicit with her experience with trauma as it relates to her disability experience. Sarah shares about how she recognize trauma within her life, was able to discover the root of it and most of all heal from the trauma. Sarah believes trauma is something that is not often talked about in general but especially for the community that experiences this disabilities. Sarah’s goal with this episode is to start the conversation about trauma among people who experience disabilities as well as other oppressed and marginalize communities that also experience trauma.

Sarah talks about last nights Oscars and the incident between Will Smith and Chris Rock. From her perspective, She is the notion that the incident between the two actors could have provided an opportunity for a conversation about disabilities, particularly disabilities that are not seen to the naked eye. Sarah is not necessarily indicating that the experience of Alopecia is a Invisible disability. She is indicating that when people are unaware that someone is experiencing a disability or a medical concern and they make assumptions or jokes there can be an opportunity to have a greater conversation. A conversation that can be used as a learning moment not only for the people involved but also for the greater community.

In this episode, Sarah celebrate her mother’s birthday. She talks about the influence that her mother has had in her life. Sarah speaks about how her mothers journey from Puerto Rico to the states in order to find medical and educational support when Sarah was only four years old. She also takes out the time to talk about the mothers of Ukraine who have children who experience disabilities. Sarah talks about the hardship that the mothers of Ukraine experiencing fleeing the war in order to find the right supports for their children. Sarah aims to celebrate her mother; and takes out the time to acknowledge what the mothers of children who experience disabilities are you going through in Ukraine.

In this episode, Sarah talks about celebrating African-American history and all that people of African descent have gone through in order to gain equal rights in America and how the fight continue. She also intersects race and disability in this episode. She shares her thoughts about how black and brown people are you like me to be targets of police violence when they experience disabilities; and there is no understanding on the behalf of police and communities where race and disability intersect. Sarah is a strong believer that the African-American community should indeed be celebrated this month and every month of the year however she also wants to emphasize the notion that there is so much work to do especially when race and disability is in the forefront of a societal issue.

In this episode Sarah explains her first encounter with learning about Dr. King as a child. She shares how that first lesson influenced her college career as well as her professional career as a national speaker and advocate for the community that experiences disabilities.