Full Name
Natalina Martiniello
Position/Title
Postdoctoral Fellow
Organization/Company
Concordia University
Speaker Bio
Dr. Natalina Martiniello is a CIHR Health Systems Impact Postdoctoral Fellow at Concordia University, in collaboration with l’Institut Nazareth et Louis Braille. She is also a course instructor in the Graduate program in Vision Impairment and Rehabilitation at the University of Montreal. Prior to this, she worked as a Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist. Her research focuses on inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility for blind and low vision individuals. As a person with lived experience, she is deeply committed to initiatives that support accessible and inclusive learning and equitable access to information. She is the Past-President of Braille Literacy Canada, a director on the International Council on English Braille, and the co-founder and Vice-Chair of the International Network of Researchers with Vision Impairment and their Allies (INOVA).
Natalina Martiniello