Category: Graduate Teams

Meet December Residential Training Graduate Quameisha Graduate Team:  Quameisha and Waylon About the Team:  Waylon, a male yellow Lab, is Meisha’s 1st guide dog Hometown:  Raleigh, North Carolina Guide Dog Mobility Instructor:  Amy DiPalo Meisha graduated from the Governor Morehead School for the Blind in 2010. She comes to Guiding Eyes for her first guide… Continue reading Quameisha and Waylon

Meet November Residential Training Graduate Dana Graduate Team: Dana and Topaz About the Team: Topaz, a female yellow Lab, is Dana’s 1st guide dog Hometown:  Greenville, South Carolina Guide Dog Mobility Instructor:  Judith DeMaria Dana was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri. After graduating from high school, she attended the University of Texas, Austin… Continue reading Dana and Topaz

Meet December Residential Training Graduate Mary Graduate Team: Mary and Odie About the Team: Odie, a male black Lab, is Mary’s 2nd Guiding Eyes dog Hometown:  DeKalb, Illinois Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Louise Thompson Mary was formerly a kindergarten teacher at a childhood center. She now focuses her time on giving back with her volunteer… Continue reading Mary and Odie

Meet November Residential Training Graduate Angela Graduate Team:  Angela and VincentAbout the Team: Vincent, a male black Lab is Angie’s 5th Guiding Eyes dogHometown:  Brookhaven, PennsylvaniaGuide Dog Mobility Instructor:  Michelle Tang Angie is a returning Guiding Eyes graduate, grateful to be matched to her fifth guide dog, Vincent. She describes herself as a busy homemaker,… Continue reading Angela and Vincent

Meet November Residential Training Graduate Karlee Graduate Team: Karlee and Pancho About the Team: Pancho, a male black Lab, is Karlee’s 1st guide dog Hometown: El Paso, Texas Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Michelle Tang Karlee is a senior in an Early College High School dual credit program in El Paso, Texas. In June of 2022… Continue reading Karlee and Pancho

Meet November Home Training Graduate Morgayne Graduate Team: Morgayne and VarickAbout the Team: Varick, a male yellow Lab, is Morgayne’s 3rd guide dog and 1st from Guiding EyesHometown:  Bridgewater, MassachusettsGuide Dog Mobility Instructor: Kathy Rooney Morgayne is excited to have passed the Uniform Bar Exam in every jurisdiction, pending official admission in Massachusetts December 2021.… Continue reading Morgayne and Varick

Meet November Home Training Graduate Chris Graduate Team:  Chris and Coda About the Team:  Coda, a male black Lab, is Chris’s 2nd guide dog Hometown:  Plainfield, Illinois Guide Dog Mobility Instructor:  Chrissy Vetrano Chris was born and raised in Illinois and currently resides in Plainfield, a suburb of Chicago. Before his retirement in 1999, he… Continue reading Chris and Coda

Meet November Home Training Graduate Joseph Graduate Team: Joseph and Arya About the Team: Arya, a female black & tan German Shepherd is Joe’s 6th Guiding Eyes dog Hometown:  Buffalo, New York Guide Dog Mobility Instructor: Lisa Derleth Joe lives in the Buffalo area of New York State with his wife and guide dog Arya.… Continue reading Joseph and Arya

Meet November Home Training Graduate Tracey Graduate Team:  Tracey and George About the Team:  George, a male black Lab, is Tracey’s 6th Guiding Eyes dog Hometown:  Portland, Maine Guide Dog Mobility Instructor:  James Gardner Tracey grew up in the state of Maine and enjoys listening to the waves as she walks along Portland’s paths bordering… Continue reading Tracey and George

Meet November Home Training Graduate Mitchell Graduate Team:  Mitchell & OsloAbout the Team:  Oslo, a male black Lab, is Mitchell’s 1st guide dogHometown:  Perry, UtahGuide Dog Mobility Instructor:  Nikki Wentz Mitch was born and raised in Utah and currently resides in Perry, a suburb of Salt Lake City.  He graduated in 1997 from Utah State… Continue reading Mitchell and Oslo