Hi Dina,,
nice to meet you.  I am emma, from adelaide, australia.  I study
languages and play piano and have been working with juveniles
all this year but won't be next year because I'll be studying
full time.  Your job sounds fantastic- such an important and
valuable one.  Must be rewarding.......look forward to hearing
more....
emma

>Hello there!
>       I wanted to take this opportunity to introduce myself.
My name is Dina
>and I just signed up with the C-PALSY mailing list. Let me tell
you a little
>about myself. I live in the Los Angeles area, I'm 27 years old,
& I recently
>got married 6 months ago. I work at the ILC in L.A. as an
Systems Change
>Advocate. In my job, I empower people with disabilities to make
systemic
>changes on a local, state, and national level. We work on
issues like
>housing, transportation, benefits, etc. wherever my consumers
want to make
>change. I am fairly new at my job, I've been here for 6 months,
so if anyone
>suggestions let me know. I am a people person!!! :) I love
meeting new
>people, so please don't hesitate to say "Hi!" I believe that
nobody can have
>too friends!!! Hope you all have a great day and I look forward
to hearing
>from you soon