About Me
Hello, my name is Sarah Blahovec, and I am a Northern Virginia-based disabled civic engagement expert with experience in nonpartisan and progressive spaces. My passion lies in bringing underrepresented groups to the table and giving them the tools to engage in our democracy.
I am Co-Founder, Co-Director, and President of Disability Victory, a 501(c)4 organization that launched in 2023 to build the political power of disabled progressives through training, networking, and leadership development.
As a subject matter expert in disability voting rights and accessibility of our elections, I have worked with several organizations to create accessible resources to advance disability voting rights, including the American Association of People with Disabilities, the Center for Civic Design, and The Carter Center.
Previously, I served as the Voting Rights and Civic Engagement Director at the National Council on Independent Living, where I co-created Elevate: Campaign Training for People with Disabilities, the first campaign training that empowered disabled people to run for elected office through an accessible, online program (and the precursor to Disability Victory). I was a recipient of the 2019 Paul G. Hearne Emerging Leader Award for my work in disability civic engagement. In addition, I authored “Achieving Election Accessibility for Election Websites and Sample Ballots,” which was awarded a 2019 Clearinghouse Award by the U.S. Election Assistance Commission for Improving Accessibility for Voters with Disabilities. My work has also been published in TIME Magazine, Teen Vogue, Nonprofit Quarterly, Washington Post, and Huffington Post. You can learn more about my work here.
While I am passionate about my work in civic engagement, I am creatively fulfilled through hiking, sharing my love of public libraries, and my fiber crafting hobbies, which include knitting, spinning yarn, and weaving.