<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Good morning Federation family. I wanted to share this post with you, as I was recently featured on Rachel Barton Pine's Accessibility Spotlight social media series. Here's the link from Instagram. Thanks.<div><div style="display: block;" class=""><div style="-webkit-user-select: all; -webkit-user-drag: element; display: inline-block;" class="apple-rich-link" draggable="true" role="link" data-url="https://www.instagram.com/p/DICLAn0gpD7/?igsh=Z296dWFicHp2cjg3"><a style="border-radius:10px;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;display:block;-webkit-user-select:none;width:228px;user-select:none;-webkit-user-modify:read-only;user-modify:read-only;overflow:hidden;text-decoration:none;" class="lp-rich-link" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DICLAn0gpD7/?igsh=Z296dWFicHp2cjg3" dir="ltr" role="button" draggable="false" width="228"><table style="table-layout:fixed;border-collapse:collapse;width:228px;background-color:#282828;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" class="lp-rich-link-emailBaseTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="228"><tbody><tr><td vertical-align="center" align="center"><img style="width:228px;filter:brightness(0.97);height:228px;" width="228" height="228" draggable="false" class="lp-rich-link-mediaImage" alt="488385120_18494917363062063_1556988150257030347_n.jpg" src="cid:FAFFB014-B140-4F03-A11B-E7729E542FD7"></td></tr><tr><td vertical-align="center"><table bgcolor="#282828" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="228" style="table-layout:fixed;font-family:-apple-system, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;background-color:rgba(40, 40, 40, 1);-apple-color-filter:initial;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:8px 0px 8px 0px;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStackItem"><div style="max-width:100%;margin:0px 16px 0px 16px;overflow:hidden;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:500;font-size:12px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-topCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DICLAn0gpD7/?igsh=Z296dWFicHp2cjg3" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 1);">Rachel Barton Pine on Instagram: "I\u2019m excited to highlight @leslie.hamric for my next Accessibility Spotlight! \u2728 Leslie has been blind since birth, but that has never stopped her from pursuing her passion for music. \U0001f3b6 Starting out taking lessons in piano, cello, and voice, she went on to pursue cello most actively studying at Northern Illinois University, Eastman School of Music, Aspen Summer Music Festival, and Meadowmount School of Music. \U0001f3bb
Initially learning music by ear \U0001f442, Leslie was inspired by her teachers and mentors to learn braille music notation \u283f, a challenging but valuable skill that has allowed her greater independence in both learning and performing music! \U0001f4aa
Leslie is deeply passionate about giving back \u2764\ufe0f, working to ensure blind musicians have access to essential resources. She teaches cello and braille music \U0001f4da and advocates for the use of adaptive technologies to enhance learning \U0001f4bb. She is often accompanied by her guide dog, Omega \U0001f9ae. You can hear Leslie in the</font></a></div><div style="word-wrap:break-word;font-weight:400;font-size:11px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;text-align:left;" class="lp-rich-link-captionBar-textStack-bottomCaption-leading"><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DICLAn0gpD7/?igsh=Z296dWFicHp2cjg3" style="text-decoration: none" draggable="false"><font color="#FFFFFF" style="color: rgba(235, 235, 245, 0.6);">instagram.com</font></a></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></a></div></div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Leslie Hamric<br>Cello and Braille Music Teacher<br></span><div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>