Emily Coleman

Emily Coleman is the Superintendent at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI) and host of the podcast, “A Sense of Texas.” Emily began her career at the Washington State School for the Blind (WSSB) as an itinerant Teacher of Students who are Visually Impaired and then worked as their Outreach Director and State Vision Consultant with Washington Sensory Disabilities Services. She has served as President of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired and is currently on a board member for the Council of Schools and Services for the Blind. Emily has three teenage children and her middle child, Eddie, was born blind with Optic Nerve Hypoplasia, which she's written about extensively at familyconnect.org.