ACCESS matters
Purpose: We envision UCF to be a fully accessible campus and inclusive environment for people with disabilities.
We do this by:
Acknowledging disability as an aspect of human diversity;
Cultivating awareness of the environment’s disabling barriers;
Collaborating on and proactively facilitating accessible environments and experiences;
Educating faculty and staff to create and maintain access in their spheres of influence;
Shifting to an inclusive-minded attitude;
Supplementing with reasonable accommodations as a last resort measure to ensure access.
Why We Do What We Do
At SAS, we believe the environment and the intersection of a person with the environment create more of a disability barrier than the individual’s diagnosis or situation. And each of us contributes to the environment. Examples of environment design include:
- Physical building or office space access and layout;
- Office policies and procedures for accessing resources available through an office, program, or resource;
- Course teaching methods and learning assessment methods;
- TV and online videos and whether or not they are captioned;
- Personal attitudes and general awareness of society’s contribution to disability;
Our goal is to encourage proactive consideration of how environments are created and how we, as a campus community, think about disability. Accessibility is not an SAS matter. It is a UCF matter. Better design, even if as simple as a more open attitude, can create better access and more inclusion for everyone. Our vision is that everyone would ask: What is the real barrier here? What can I do to address the barrier?
Meet the Team
Leadership Staff
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Adam Meyer
Director -
Johanna Huerta
Assistant Director, Communication Access -
Kevin Price
Assistant Director, Accessible Technology -
Kiela Sims
Assistant Director, Testing -
Matthew Lowe
Assistant Director, Access and Accommodation Operations
Communication Access Team
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Johanna Huerta
Assistant Director, Communication Access -
Alison Keefe
Communication Access Coordinator -
Karen McGraw
Captioned Video Assistant -
Christopher Costa, CI and CT
ASL Interpreter -
Jennifer Cooper, CI and CT ASL Interpreter
Jennifer.Cooper@ucf.edu -
Joshua Mynatt, NIC
ASL Interpreter -
Lindsey Smale, NIC
ASL Interpreter -
Teresa Fritschy, CI and CT, NIC Master
ASL Interpreter -
Eunice Orozco, NIC
ASL Interpreter
Professional Staff
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Don Pirozzoli
Accessibility Consultant -
Elise Dellinger
Accessibility Consultant -
Joshua Levins
Testing Coordinator -
Katherine Virella
Accessibility Consultant -
Missy Lesnewski
Accessibility Consultant -
Teah Ruiz
Accessibility Consultant -
Amanda Carbonneau
Office Assistant -
Athalee Reyes-Cawilan
Lead Testing Specialist -
Ana Guerra
Testing Specialist -
Kisha Campos
Testing Specialist -
Jayson Monks
Disability Access Tools and Training Specialist -
Angelina Pimentel-Sanchez
Disability Access Tools and Training Specialist
UCF Connect Campuses SAS Contacts
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Angelia Smith
UCF Connect Director - All Campuses407-823-3654 -
Tanya Armstrong
SAS Connect - Valencia West407-882-0166 -
James Smith Jr.
SAS Connect - Valencia Osceola407-882-6446 -
Barbara Reeder
SAS Contact - Valencia East407-882-6451 -
Georgia Kent
Success Coach Manager - Cocoa, Palm Bay and Daytona Beach386-506-4007