Meet the Team

Dr. Amy Kenny, Director

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Dr. Amy Kenny (she/her) is a disabled scholar-practitioner and serves as the founding director of the Disability Cultural Center. Her work on disability has been featured in Teen Vogue, Huff Post, Reader’s Digest, Sojourners, and Shondaland. Kenny’s award-winning book, My Body is Not A Prayer Request, mixes humor, personal narrative, and theology to invite faith communities to rethink their ableism and learn from the embodied wisdom of disabled people. Her latest book, My Disability Is Divine: A Joyful Witness That Defies Ableist Nonsense comes out in September 2026.

Originally from Brisbane, Australia, she is at home in the water, where she’d always rather be.

Moises Amador Robles, Student Assistant

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Moises (he/him) is a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Government with a minor in Spanish. In the future, he hopes to work in political communications using language and accessibility as effective tools. This is his second year working at the DCC, where he helps craft and edit the biweekly newsletter. In addition to the newsletter, Moises hopes to continue educating the Georgetown community about Disability Culture through events and collaborations with various organizations on and off campus.

Seven Brimmer, Student Assistant

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Seven (he/him) is a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, undeclared with an interest in studying Environmental Biology. He works in the Disability Cultural Center, a part of the Office of Student Equity and Inclusion. He helps create image descriptions for graphics and flyers for events. His goal for his first year being a part of the DCC is being a positive, social, and welcoming figure working at the front desk.

Yaritza Filpo Luna, Student Assistant

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Yaritza (she/her) is a junior in the McDonough School of Business majoring in Finance and Accounting. This is her first year working with the DCC as a student administrative assistant and she is super grateful to have been given the opportunity to join the community and absorb as much knowledge as possible.

Isabel Tien, Student Assistant

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Isabel is a sophomore in the School of Foreign Service majoring in International Political Economy. This is her first year working at the DCC, where she works to make the social media pages as accessible and engaging as possible. She is looking forward to learning from the DCC community and helping more students discover the center’s programs and events. Having grown up between Canada and the United States, she is especially interested in how institutions can be made more welcoming to people from different backgrounds.

Vaishnavi Venkatesh, Student Assistant

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Vaishnavi is a junior in the School of Health majoring in Human Science and minoring in Disability Studies on the pre-medical track. This is her first year as a Student Assistant at the DCC, where she creates accessible, captivating graphic design and visual branding. She is excited to learn more from the DCC team and help raise awareness about accessibility and disability culture within medicine.