65. Elayne Otstot
Elayne is an aspiring disability advocate in the Dallas/Fort Worth area whose passionate about using multiple platforms and methods to educate people about disability access and inclusion; and health disparities affecting rural, disabled, and other vulnerable or marginalized communities.
Currently, Elayne is the communications and member engagement coordinator for the Alliance for Citizen Directed Supports, and she previously worked as a production/executive assistant for the independent film “Invalid Corps” in charge of out reach, social media tool kits and pitch decks. Recently was given the privilege of participating in Lights, Camera, Access as an artist with a disability, and had my work featured in the National Disability Employment Awareness Month campaign with her good friend, Lydia X. Z. Brown.
Elayne holds a graduate certificate in disability policy through Loyola Law School, and a bachelor’s degree in public health from the University of Texas at Arlington. As an undergraduate student, she served for two years as the Office for Disability Services’ representative to the President’s Diversity Roundtable, and led a community health education project on HPV prevention. In her personal life, she owns two Maine Coon rescue cats and is an urban fantasy/sci-fi writer.