Lifting Her Voice and Envisioning Change with Through Evely’s Eyes Founder and Rare Mama Tameka Diaz Rare Mamas Rising

RARE MAMAS RISING- EPISODE 21 
Lifting Her Voice & Envisioning Change with “Through Evely’s Eyes” Founder & Rare Mama Tameka Diaz



Tameka Diaz is a mother of three, a homeschool teacher, a full-time caregiver to her daughter, who has multiple disabilities, an advocate, and a singer. In 2015, Tameka’s daughter Evely was born and diagnosed with bilateral anophthalmia, a rare condition causing her to be born without eyes. Evely has received several diagnoses since birth, though her underlying rare genetic disorder is still unknown. Tameka started “Through Evely's Eyes” in honor of her daughter to advocate and assist other medical families. She pushes her local government for accessibility of braille and sensory books in libraries, consults and advises other caregivers, and organizes medical supplies and equipment donations. Tameka dreams of an accessible and inclusive tomorrow, and in this episode, you’ll see that she’s not just dreaming; she’s doing!



EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
Tameka & Evely’s story  How Tameka created Through Evely’s Eyes to advocate for Evely and others    The ways Tameka rises to the challenge of being a rare mama Tameka’s mantra How Tameka and Evely use music and singing to help them through challenging times Tameka’s best advice for other rare mamas  
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