Doudly Elius meets with Diego Mariscal to Discuss Business Incubator for Women with Disabilities

Doudly Elius & Diego Mariscal 

at DC business incubator 

“Disability Rights and Awareness: 2Gether-International CEO and Empower Haitian Women Chief of Party Meet in DC”

On a recent trip to Washington, DC for the spring 2016 Professional Fellows Conference, Doudly Elius, founder of Empower Haitian Women, had the opportunity to meet with 2Gether-International’s CEO, Diego Mariscal. 

Judith Heumann, Special Advisor for International Disability Rights, made the introduction seeing the similarities between Diego and Doudly’s work in disability advocacy and social media. Both founders’ disability-focused organizations share a common commitment to education, awareness, and empowerment.

Diego’s organization, 2Gether-International, educates and unifies young people around disability, preparing them to act on issues affecting their communities. The organization is the only tech non-profit working to foster disability pride. Not surprisingly, they have a wide social media presence.  Diego shared tips for leveraging social media as well as practical advice on business incubators, being an entrepreneur himself.

Doudly and Diego discussing business incubator and social media
for people with disabilities in Washington D.C June 1st, 2016

Written by : Anastazyia Vareschi

International Communication Manager

Empower Haitian Women

United States