Name
Cripping Digital Storytelling: Centering Lived Experience in Transitions to Higher Education
Time
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM (EDT)
Description

This session, showcases an innovative and underutilized strategy for closing persistent employment gaps for students with disabilities: disability-specific alumni mentorship networks. Drawing on experience working across universities in the United States and Canada through Lime Connect’s Foundations Program and insights from MPhil research at the University of Cambridge, the session offers practical steps for creating inclusive, scalable mentorship initiatives. Participants will explore how to collaborate across career services, alumni relations, and employer partners to build accessible pathways, while hearing stories from mentors and mentees that illustrate the real-world impact of mentorship on confidence, disclosure, and career outcomes.