Who is Teenya?
Teenya is an ever-changing creature. She works hard
not to let the ghosts of her past haunt her and strives to continue learning about the world around her and those who share this earthly plane
with her. She feels that she can learn from every person she meets in this world. Teenya is not interested in economic or social status and
values the individuality of every living soul on this planet no matter who they are or what their life situation may be. She has often stated
that she strongly believes we can all teach and learn from each other if we allow ourselves to listen to each other with an open mind without judgement.
Teenya's Career
Teenya Franklin serves as the Accessible Materials Specialist for the Pearson Accessibility Group for School. She works with companywide teams on document accessibility evaluation and remediation, developing and delivering accessible materials training, and accessible resource management. She has an extensive background with staff training, community programs, mentoring accessibility programs, and serving on various committees and community groups.
Communnity Collaborations
Teenya is currently a member of 501 Tech Club as well as Austin Connects, a partnership for professional development in the community technology sector. In the past she served as a mentor in the summer mentoring program through the Texas School for the Blind and volunteered on the Steering Committee for the Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities, assisting with bimonthly ADA Roundtable events.
If you are interested in learning more about Teenya’s career path thus far, please take a moment to read her full resume..
Knowledge is Power
Teenya’s daily work at Pearson involves a ton of accessibility remediation and dual testing on electronic documents including MS Office files and PDFs. During many testing sessions some of her coworkers who use assistive technology would often tell her how frustrating navigating complex content in these files is and ask her “How come they didn’t just make this a webpage”? So when one of her teammates Jan McSorley asked her if she would be willing to take web certification classes Teenya was more than willing to embark on a new quest for knowledge.
While she is sure that this quest will be filled with moments of panic and feeling lost Teenya is confident that with the support of her team member this quest will be more than worthwhile. It may take a few years, however Teenya is excited at the prospect of completing her Capstone Project, creating a website for a nonprofit; gaining her Web Development Certification.