Always Looking Up

In this week’s episode I am talking to Michaela Healy. Ever since being diagnosed with hydrocephalus, water on the brain, at the age of one, she has been giving Wonder Woman a run for her money. Simply put, she is the strongest person I know and, through a series of very fortunate events we became best friends. She has survived over 300 surgeries, the halls of Washington Township High School, and...

This week  I am sitting down with Rebecca Cokley, someone I have always looked up to in the little person and disabled communities. Rebecca is currently serving as a program officer in the President’s Office of the Ford Foundation, a global grant-making philanthropy that challenges inequality, where she is developing the U.S. disability rights program strategy. Prior to joining the Ford Found...

In this week’s episode I am sitting down with Shelby Holloway. We met at the LPA national convention in Brooklyn twelve years ago and she instantly became a best friend and big sister. Though she lives 3,000 miles away, she has always been there for me through times of laughter, tears, and everything in between. Today we are discussing Little People Of America- what it is, what it means to us, and...

In this week's episode I am sitting down with Becky Kekula, a mentor of mine in Little People Of America and an advocate for disability inclusion. Becky currently serves as the Disability Equality Index Director at Disability:IN, a non-profit organization that advocates and provides resources for business disability inclusion on a global scale. In addition, she currently serves as the LPA Employme...

In this week's episode I am sitting down with Lauren Humphries. Lauren is someone I have always looked up to in the little person community. For the past few years she has helped organize the annual LPA fashion show and is a brand ambassador for the German fashion label AUF AUGENHOEHE, one of the first fashion labels that design for little people. In this week’s episode we discuss the current stat...

In this week's episode I am sitting down with Mackenzie Trush. Mackenzie is one a million, living with Spondyloepiphyseal dysplasia, an incredibly rare form of dwarfism. We discuss her diagnosis, how she makes her world accessible, and how she harnessed the power of social media to have her voice heard. Watch BORN DIFFERENT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u41ApfQbpT8 Follow Mackenzie Trush: Insta...

In the premiere episode I sit down with Lydia Barber. Lydia and I became fast friends, practically sisters, in 2005 at an LPA convention in Orlando. We discuss what it means to be a little person in 2021 and how that definition has changed over time. We talk about our struggles and successes with making our world more accessible. We end our conversation by exploring the topics of weight, body imag...