Reimagining Access: Ana on Blindness, AI, and Advocacy

In this episode of The Eko Lens Podcast, Kenisha sits down with Dr. Ana Mendez Zamora a blind MPH candidate at Johns Hopkins University and intern at Eko Vision Foundation, who shares her powerful journey from sudden vision loss due to cancer to becoming an advocate and innovator in accessibility.Ana opens up about navigating life after blindness, the gaps in support for those newly adjusting, and how she turned her experience into purpose. We also explore the role of AI in assistive technology and what the future of accessibility should look like.This conversation is a reminder that accessibility is about more than tools—it’s about dignity, independence, and real systems change.