She is wearing a light blue satin dress with silver embroidery and spaghetti straps, with an opal necklace. There is greenery with white flowers in the background, and Kira is smiling.
Kira Tiller, a student at Battlefield High School, is a semi-finalist for the Heumann-Armstrong Award.
More About Kira:
Kira Tiller is a high school senior with Epilepsy. She is a youth Disability Activist who is
passionate about fighting ableism in education through coalition-building and working for more
equitable policies. Through networking within existing youth organizations, Kira has worked hard to put Disability Justice at the forefront, such founding the Disabled Persons Caucus of the High School Democrats of America (HSDA). Additionally, she founded and leads Disabled Disrupters, a student- powered movement with a multi-tiered strategy to achieve universal accessibility. This strategy includes educating our communities, lobbying legislators, and holding local events. In the future, Kira hopes to work in government public policy to advance full equity for the disabled and neuro-divergent community, as well as writing a book.