Chris Danguilan is a doctoral student in Disability Studies and Human Development at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a graduate of IL LEND. She also holds a Masters Degree in Public Health from Hunter College City University of New York. Chris is also the mother of two neurodiverse teenagers. While a doctoral student at UIC she served as a research assistant on the Chicagoland Entrepreneurship Education for People with Disabilities Project. Her LEND interests or keywords are: autism, transition, participatory action research, and employment with a particular interest in entrepreneurship