Category: Graduate Teams

Meet Graduate Tracy Graduate Team:  Tracy and CamdenAbout the Team:  Camden, a male yellow Lab; Tracy’s 6th guide dogLocation: Southold, New YorkTraining: April 2026 Home Training Tracy grew up on the North Fork of eastern Long Island and has called it home for most of her life. She attended the College of New Rochelle, where… Continue reading Tracy and Camden

Meet Graduate Emily Graduate Team: Emily and RosaAbout the Team: Rosa, a female black lab; Emily’s 2nd guide dogLocation: Cutler Bay, FloridaTraining: February 2026 On-Campus Emily is a recent graduate of Florida International University with a degree in Behavioral Neuroscience. She has applied to a master’s program in public health and plans to pursue a… Continue reading Emily and Rosa

Meet Graduate Meagan Graduate Team:  Meagan and RhianaAbout the Team Rhiana, a female German Shepherd;  Meagan’s 3rd Guiding Eyes dogLocation: Albuquerque, New MexicoTraining: April 2026, On Campus Meagan is a DeafBlind mentor and educator who provides support and guidance to interpreters in American Sign Language and DeafBlind-related topics. Meagan received her master’s degree in Adult… Continue reading Meagan and Rhiana

Meet Graduate Benjamin Graduate Team: Benjamin and OwenAbout the Team: Owen, a male black Lab; Ben’s 1st guide dogHometown: Minneapolis, MinnesotaTraining: April 2026, On Campus Ben is from the Twin Cities metro area in Minnesota. In 2019, prior to starting his senior year of high school, he was struck by a motor vehicle while standing… Continue reading Benjamin and Owen

Meet Graduate Damien Graduate Team:  Damien and WhimAbout the Team:  Whim, a female black Labrador; Damien’s 1st guide dogLocation: Albuquerque, New Mexico Training: April 2026 On-Campus Damien remembers when a friend, Meagan, a Guiding Eyes graduate, encouraged her to apply for a guide dog. Vision loss from retinitis pigmentosa had led her to rely on a… Continue reading Damien and Whim

Meet Graduate Brian Graduate Team: Brian and MooseAbout the Team: Moose, a male yellow Lab; Brian’s 1st guide dogHometown: New Bedford, MassachusettsTraining: April 2026 On-Campus Brian currently works as a resident assistant at the Carroll Center for the Blind, a nonprofit organization that provides educational consulting, vocational training, and technology instruction to children and seniors.… Continue reading Brian and Moose

We thank our generous sponsors: Vickia and Bubbles’ class training was sponsored by the Somers Car Show honoring the veterans. The DeMarco family has coordinated this event for the past nine years, in memory of Louis DeMarco, their beloved family member who was a Korean War vet. The family shares: “We host a non-profit show… Continue reading Vickia and Bubbles

Meet Graduate Christine Graduate Team:  Christine and VaderAbout the Team:  Vader, a male black Lab; Christine’s 1st guide dogLocation: Montreal, Quebec, CanadaTraining: April 2026, On-Campus Christine lives in Quebec with her husband, son, and Vader, her first guide dog. Christine is a human rights attorney balancing a hybrid work schedule between downtown Montreal and working… Continue reading Christine and Vader

Meet Graduate Kathy Graduate Team:  Kathy and AvisAbout the Team:  Avis, a female black Labrador; Kathy’s 9th Guiding Eyes dogLocation: Eugene, OregonTraining: March 2026 On-Campus  Kathy works as a benefits counselor and enjoys hiking and making leather goods in her free time. She lost her sight to retinitis pigmentosa in the 1980s. Kathy and her… Continue reading Kathy and Avis

Meet Graduate Cecilia Graduate Team:  Cecilia and JPAbout the Team:  JP, a male, black Lab; Cecilia’s 3rd Guiding Eyes dogLocation: Crofton, MarylandTraining: March 2026 Home Training Cecilia is an emergency manager in the Executive branch of the state of Maryland, for the Department of Disabilities. Her duties include analyzing policy and legislation. She considers herself a lifelong… Continue reading Cecilia and JP