There's a saying that goes, you can't be what you can't see.

It can kind of shake you when you live in a world where you just do not see yourself.

Annie Sagata, or Annie Eleni, as she's known online, is an activist who uses platforms like

YouTube, Instagram, and Tumblr to agitate, educate, and share her personal experiences of disability, chronic illness, LGBT plus rights, mental health, and so much more.

Her work has earned Annie a loyal following. She has over a million views on YouTube.

She's also the mastermind behind the future

is accessible campaign,

a rallying cry for visibility and intersectionality.

Annie, I am so happy to be with you.

I'm so excited to be here today.

Where did you think there was an opportunity for a voice like yours?

I still did this moment think that there's like such a huge window for disabled people to have their voices heard.

There is a strong disability community and chronic illness community online, but a lack of actual visibility in terms

of what we're talking about in terms of like using our faces, using our voices.

Did you know from the start that you wanted to build something bigger?

No.

Hell no.

The beginning of creating content was literally just self-expression.

Eventually, I did slowly start to figure out, oh, this is helping other people.

This is something that people are kind of hungry for in the same way that I was hungry for it.

Because of the views, because of comments,

what tipped you off? Oh, yeah, absolutely. Certain comments, certain messages would say things like,

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