Johileny Meran
Disability Advocate, Speaker, Educator & Trailblazer
Turning lived experience into access, opportunity, and action.
Johileny
Disability Advocate. Speaker. Educator. Founder.
I turn lived experience into advocacy, opportunity, and action—helping create a world where people with disabilities can pursue education, leadership, travel, and meaningful participation without unnecessary barriers.
It's hard to dream when you are too busy trying to survive.
Johileny Meran
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what I Do?
Speaking
Keynotes, panels, workshops, and storytelling.
Disability Advocacy
Accessibility, disability inclusion, self-advocacy, and intersectionality.
Youth & Postsecondary Access
Helping young people with disabilities navigate education, opportunity, and leadership.
Accessible Travel & Global Opportunity
Advocating for disabled people to participate in international education and travel.
Leadership & Community Impact
Building initiatives and partnerships that turn ideas into action.
ABOUT ME
MY STORY
Trailblazing Traveler
Trailblazing Traveler
My journey from homelessness to becoming a high school valedictorian, NYU graduate, and disability advocate has shaped her commitment to creating opportunities for others. Her story is one of resilience, independence, and turning lived experience into purpose.
Trailblazing Traveler
Trailblazing Traveler
Trailblazing Traveler
As a Disabled Traveler, Johileny has explored eight countries and counting. She studied abroad in London and worked as an international exchange professional for three years, dedicated to increasing the participation of people with disabilities in international exchange opportunities.
founder of UPLIFT'd
founder of UPLIFT'd
founder of UPLIFT'd
United, Promoting Leadership, Innovation of the Disabled (UPLIFT’D) started in 2021 as a project partnering with Latinas & Lideres to help a teenager in the Dominican Republic get access to a wheelchair and other disability-related supports. Now, UPLIFT'D will become a information hub and resource for post-secondary educational opportunities for students with disabilities.
Keynote Speaking
founder of UPLIFT'd
founder of UPLIFT'd
Motivating others by sharing experience.
Johileny Meran is a unique storyteller. With expertise and experience covering a variety of topics, audiences leave her her talks entertained and motivated to take action. Learn more about her speaking engagements.
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Trailblazing
Inspired
“My mom inspired me to blaze my own trail. She believed that education was power and that it was the one thing no one would ever take away from me. Despite my living circumstances and despite people’s limiting beliefs.
To this day, I can still remember those words and how they have fueled me to continue to move forward.
Trailblazing Ahead. Motivated by Passion.
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Johileny Meran
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