Re: Introducing Myself: Jesús Pulido

 Welcome, Jesús. It will be great having you as part of the EO group!

-Robert


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Robert Jolly
Sr. Web Accessibility Strategy Consultant
knowbility.org | @knowbility <https://twitter.com/knowbility>
*Equal access to technology for people with disabilities*

On Jun 9, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Pulido, Jesus <jesus.pulido@amac.gatech.edu>
wrote:


Hello, everyone



My name is Jesús Pulido, and I work at AMAC Accessibility
<http://www.amacusg.org/> at Georgia Tech. As the coordinator of our
captioned and described multimedia unit, I am charged with helping
professors and universities integrate accessibility into their course
videos and recorded lectures—anything involving multimedia. We provide
solutions related to captioning, audio description, learning management
systems, and web-based media. AMAC operates on a membership model, so we
have member schools of all sorts of sizes and specializations—each with
unique needs. (We also have other units that specialize in braille
production, web auditing, e-text, and occupational therapy
<http://gatfl.org/>, so I am very fortunate to have some very talented and
bright co-workers.)



My unit at AMAC also provides real-time C-PRINT and CART services for
college classes. I’m certified in C-PRINT <https://www.rit.edu/ntid/cprint/>
by the RIT National Technical Institute for the Deaf, so during the
semester, I often sub for our staff captionists. I’m also a native Spanish
speaker, so I usually get one or two Spanish classes to caption on my own
throughout the semester.



I joined the EOWG because of my passion for equal access to education. As
an undergrad, I studied psychology and women’s studies. I got my very first
formal academic introduction to disAbility in a special topics class titled
“Thinking the Body,” which absolutely fascinated me. It gave me a fresh,
new understanding of disAbility as something that’s socially constructed.
In other words, the barriers that PWD experience are artificial. More
recently, I’ve also gained my CPACC
<http://www.accessibilityassociation.org/content.asp?contentid=356>
Certification. I’ve also been taking courses at Kennesaw State University
in the software engineering program, although I’m not in a rush, since I do
work full-time.



I’m really looking forward to working with the EOWG. I think it will be
very valuable to share insights related to this field. I’m excited to be
part of the effort that helps produce educational materials to train the
public on accessibility, especially as computers and technology become
ubiquitous in a global sense.



Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions for me. I look
forward to getting to know everyone.



*Jesús Pulido, CPACC*

Accessible Multimedia Coordinator



*Georgia* Institute of *Tech*nology | College of Design

AMAC | 512 Means Street | Suite 250 | Atlanta, GA 30318

Office: 404.894.8303 | Fax: 404.894.8323