Sueli Gwiazdowski, a student at Whitman College, is a winner of the 2022 Heumann-Armstrong Award.
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Sueli Gwiazdowski, originally from San Diego, California, is a Junior at Whitman College majoring in Rhetoric, Writing, and Public Discourse. Her experiences as a Disabled, first-gen working-class, Latina, queer student shaped her initial approaches toward civil rights work, and she is especially passionate about the intersection of disability and education. Sueli is the founder and president of Whitman College’s first-ever Disability affinity group, the co-president of a San Diego-based illness-specific support group, and a current intern at the Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy. Recently, Sueli participated in the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) 2022 Summer Internship Program in D.C., and was a Law Fellow at Loyola Marymount Law School’s Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy, and Innovation in the 2021-2022 class year. In 2020, Sueli began participating in Parliamentary Debate with the Whitman College Debate team, as a recipient of the Stephen J. Boyles Presidential Scholarship in Debate, and interned for the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights. The Heumann-Armstrong award emboldens the work Sueli is already doing and provides her with the resources and connections necessary to make powerful changes. Sueli is active on most social media platforms @suas0ria