Who We Are
👩🏽🦯 | INTJ | HSP | Collector of knowledge | Alpaca Fanatic. “If I stop to kick every barking dog, I am not going to get where I’m going.” ~Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Stephanae McCoy – Founder, Bold Blind Beauty
Kindness, compassion, and a deep desire for social justice are central to who I am; these are my values. I founded Bold Blind Beauty out of a personal need for empowerment that I wanted to share with others. After an amazing stint at one of the Big Four accounting firms, I was finally able to pursue my passion for becoming a full-time abilities crusader (advocate). The one thing sight loss has taught me is perception is much more profound than seeing. I may have lost my sight but my clarity has increased exponentially, and for this I am grateful.
Award-winning Voiceover Actor, Audio Description Narrator, Podcaster, Advocate, and Author.
Roy Samuelson – Founder, The ADNA
Audio Description Network Alliance. Roy Samuelson is a consultant, and catalyst for quality and excellence in tv and film audio description, through inclusion of blind professionals in every aspect of audio description. In addition to voicing thousands of blockbuster feature films and recognizable episodes of tv and streaming series for audio description, he advocates for all aspects of AD to be in parity to sighted audiences.
In addition to her notoriety as a talented voice actor, Satauna has been making music and geeking out behind the mixing board since childhood.
Satauna Howery – who you are, what you do, and where you are.
Satauna Howery is an award-winning American voice actor specializing in corporate and technical narration. While she loves scientific and medical scripts, she cherishes her roles as “The Voice of Goddess” at the Tampa Airport, a Russian fortune-teller teaching teens about budgeting, and a Drill Sergeant for the U.S. National Guard.
Satauna has done quality control and voiced audio description for TV, corporate, and government clients, including J.P. Morgan Chase and the National Institute of Health. Her television description credits include Seinfeld, Bill Nye Saves the World (Season 1), How to Build a Girl, and many others. In 2017, the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences awarded her “Outstanding Spoken Word or Storytelling Best Performance” for that year, and in 2021 The Television Academy featured her in an article detailing the value of audio description for blind audiences and the roles that blind professionals should play in ensuring excellence within the field.
🎥👨🏽🦯Legally blind YouTuber/filmmaker, fitness geek, sports fan. I enjoy telling stories visually.
Juan Alcazar – Creator JC5 Productions
Juan Alcazar is a legally blind filmmaker and YouTuber. He graduated from film school at San Francisco State University. He was born with Myopia but also has Retinitis Pigmentosa. In 2017 he began his disability journey on YouTube after openly discussing his sight loss on video. He is now also an advocate and hopes to spread the word about disability and blindness through the medium of film and video.
Audio Description Awareness Day
April 16th, 2022
Blind People Watch Movies and TV Shows.
Audio Description is like a sports radio announcer, giving a play-by-play of the visuals.
On April 16, 2020, we launched Audio Description Awareness Day.
This coming April 16, BoldBlindBeauty.com presents the 3rd annual Audio Description Awareness Day!
In anticipation of this day, we’d like to invite you and other diverse organizations to be aware of our strategy.
Is there a point person from your organization that we could have our coordinator share 5 or 6 emails during April?
We’d love it if you take those messages and branch off to support your brand. Email Steph@boldblindbeauty.com for more info on how you can contribute this year.
Bold Blind Beauty
Everyone on the planet needs air to survive. Bold Blind Beauty adopted the acronym A.I.R. (access, inclusion, and representation because people with disabilities need A.I.R. not only to survive but to thrive. The cool thing about Audio Description is that it speaks to these three critical elements.
Alliances, Creators, and Collaborators
For the 3rd year in a row, Bold Blind Beauty has aligned with organizations and individuals to bring Audio Description Awareness Day to life. This year, Satauna Howery joins Juan Alcazar of JC5 Productions, and Roy Samuelson of The ADNA, to bring Audio Description Awareness Day to life.
Audio Description Awareness Day 