In this interview, Barbara Levc, who will be a keynote speaker at the 2024 FOLD Symposium, talks about her experience as a blind woman navigating academia in Austria, the disability union she helped co-found to address issues facing students with disabilities, and the challenges she and her union are working to overcome. The interview is conducted by Bailey Fernandez, a Fulbright Austria alum and the organizer of the 2024 FOLD Symposium, which will be held in Linz, Austria, on 14 June 2024.