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Podcast: The Maverick Show: Global Travel Stories & Life Beyond Borders
Episode: Full-Time World Travel as a Deafblind Latina and Smashing Disability Stigma Through Storytelling, Advocacy and Education with Catarina Rivera
Description: Learn about traveling the world as a deafblind Latina—salsa dancing, sumo-wrestling and becoming a disability advocate.
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ON THIS EPISODE
Catarina joins Matt and talks about growing up in the U.S. in an immigrant home with Puerto Rican and Cuban heritage. She reflects on what those identities mean to her as well as her deafblind disability journey with Usher syndrome. Catarina debunks common misconceptions people have about...