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Santiago Velasquez has been inspired by his vision impairment and electrical engineering expertise to invent solutions to make this world more inclusive. He is a 2022 Churchill Fellow. Through his Fellowship, he travelled to 11 countries around the world looking at public transport accessibility.
Santiago is also the founder of two companies, EyeSyght and Hailo, to solve accessibility issues in transport, navigation, business, education and employment.
Santiago has won excellence awards, presented TED talks, keynote addresses, and shared his passion for innovative inventions during the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations in 2019, 2020 and 2023.
He is a bilingual Australian who immigrated from Colombia and is the first blind electrical engineer in the Southern hemisphere. Santiago does not believe that barriers should stop anyone from achieving their dreams.
