Blyden, Elijah

Blind since birth due to retinopathy of prematurity,, Anastasia Charalambakos was born in New York City to Greek immigrant parents. At thirteen, her family settled in Florida where she graduated from Sarasota high school and later from the University of South Florida, Tampa, with her Master of Arts in applied linguistics. Today, Anastasia teaches English to speakers of other languages online and is a writer and gives presentations to schools and organizations about blindness.