Get to Know Catarina Rivera

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.5 • 7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Catarina Rivera has always lived with hearing and vision disabilities. Now she shares her adventures to show that disabled people can travel and have fun! She read us the story of Helen Keller, who never let her own disabilities stop her dreams! This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This interview was produced and directed by Haley Dapkus with sound design and mixing by Ashlee Harrison. It was hosted by Keira. Our executive producers were Joy Smith, Anjelika Temple, and Jes Wolfe. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Thank you to Catarina Rivera and the whole Rebel Girls team who made this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

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0:00.0	This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls.
0:05.0	Hi, Rebels. This is Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls, the interview.
0:12.0	I'm your host, Ina, and today we are talking to Katarina Rivera, a public speaker and advocate for people with disabilities.
0:19.0	Hi, Katarina. We are so excited to have you on the show.
0:23.6	Can you please start by telling us a little bit about yourself?
0:26.6	I'm Katarina Rivera, also known as Katarina Rivera in Spanish.
0:31.6	I am Cuban and Puerto Rican.
0:34.6	I right now own my own business as a public speaker, consultant, and content
0:40.3	creator. I also love to travel.
0:44.3	You do all of these amazing things and do them while being blind and death.
0:49.3	Could you share more about your experience with your disabilities?
0:52.3	I have Usher syndrome.
0:54.4	Usher syndrome means that my vision disability is progressive.
1:00.4	It will continue, but my hearing is pretty stable.
1:05.7	It shouldn't change too much.
1:07.5	It's been a long journey to figure out how I feel about it and what I want to do in
1:13.5	response to it. Yeah, you do a lot. One of those things is working as a public speaker, focusing on
1:20.0	topics like disability and inclusivity. How did you decide you were going to start giving speeches
1:25.1	about these topics? When I was in my 30s, I decided to start using a white cane.
1:32.3	And that's a big decision for a blind person, because I became publicly blind.
1:38.3	I also became a lot more confident.
1:41.3	I decided I wanted to do something. I wanted to make a difference.
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