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July 10, 2005
New Book Tells Career Success of Blind Deejay
Larry P. Johnson, blind since the age of six months, is a native of Chicago and a graduate of Northwestern University’s School of Speech. He earned his Master’s from La Universidad de las Americas in Mexico City. His professional background includes:
21 years as a Human Resources manager with SBC Communications.
22 years as a radio and television broadcaster in the U.S. and Mexico. He was the first blind American newscaster on Mexican television.
25 years as an internationally-recognized motivational speaker and workshop presenter in Mexico, Japan and the United States.
He is the winner of the 1998 national Ned E Freeman Award for Excellence in Writing and recently published his first book, "Mexico by Touch", a book about his experiences as a blind American deejay living and working in Mexico. The book is available in paperback from amazon.com and from major bookstores like Barnes and Noble and Borders. It is also available in braille and on Talking Book cassette from NLS. A CD version in the author’s own voice can be purchased by contacting Larry via e-mail at mexbytouch@prodigy.net.
Posted by Karen Thomas at July 10, 2005 04:44 PM