"Make Your Dreams Come True" Women's Day Breakfast at the Department of Applied Physics

Biography of the speaker

Azra, born in Iran, lost her sight when she was 8 years old. Despite the difficulties, she didn’t give up and studied software engineering in Iran. In 2013, she moved to Finland and got her Master’s degree in Information Technology from the University of Eastern Finland. She has been working at Avaava Oy as Web Accessibility Specialist for the past 6 years and soon will join a larger company, Gofore. She is also an athlete in the Finnish Goalball team and getting ready for the European Championship matches. Last year, she went on an adventurous journey and visited 5 countries in 16 days alone.

Make your day special, come and listen to Azra on how she overcome the challenges and made her dreams come true!

For more info about Azra read the articles below:
https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/04/21/iranissa-sokeus-on-hapea-mutta-suomessa-azrasta-tuli-tietotekniikan
https://avaava.fi/en/sokeus-ei-esta-interreilausta/

Note the breakfast starts at 8:30 and ends at 10:00. At 9:00 there will be the inspirational talk given by our guest speaker Azra Tayebi. Please remember to register if you are joining.

Everybody is warmly invited to join us for socializing and an inspiring, memorable presentation!