Meet the Team
We are a duo of student changemakers, researchers, and advocates dedicated to challenging ableism in higher education. Rooted in disability justice and informed by academic research and experience in advocacy in education, our work bridges policy analysis, lived experiences, and institutional transformation. United by a shared commitment to systemic change, we believe that education should empower all learners, especially those historically impacted by inaccessible systems.
Jessica Lopez
Jessica is a marketing strategist and disability policy leader shaping accessibility through technology, storytelling, and systemic reform. An honors student at Arizona State University, she is earning her Bachelor’s in Business Administration after graduating with distinction from Coastline College with a triple major in Business, Economics, and Communication. As President of Coastline Associated Student Government, she passed a statewide resolution embedding disability into curricula, impacting two million students. She is expanding digital accessibility through the Honors College Council at Barrett, ensuring online students have equal access to ASU events. A 2023-2025 Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar and 2024-2025 RFK Human Rights Fellow, she is developing a blueprint for institutional anti-ableism. Her marketing expertise in brand positioning and audience engagement has shaped campaigns at Diversability, Alation, and the Center for Disability Inclusion, where she continues to advance accessibility-driven strategy.
Visit her website here or email her at: itisjessicaL [at] gmail.com
Fletcher Grey
Fletcher is a disability scholar, advocate, and policy strategist with a Master’s degree from the University of Toledo and a Bachelor’s in Creative Writing from Heidelberg University. His work focuses on disability history, cultural integration, and systemic reform in education and policy. As a founding leader of Disability Cultural Centers United (DCCU), Fletcher created the first disability graduation stole in the country at the University of Toledo, setting a national precedent for disability recognition in academia. His research on the Autism Genocide Clock of 2005 has been foundational in exposing systemic ableism and institutional failures in disability policy.Currently a Juvenile Corrections Officer (JCO) for the State of Ohio, he successfully led the effort to implement Disability History Month in Ohio’s Department of Youth Services programming. Through praxis-based research and policy advocacy, he continues to push for accessibility and institutional change.