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- Name
- Priscilla Garces
- Pronunciation
- Priscilla GAR-ses
- Title
- Founder and Executive Director, Always Forward Foundation
- UN roles
- United Nations Representative, Women's Federation for World Peace International; Global Ambassador for Peace, Universal Peace Federation (appointed 2023)
- Based
- Union County, New Jersey
- Local roles
- Chair, Union Township ADA Committee; Union County Advisory Board on Persons with Disabilities; Human Services Advisory Council
- Honors
- Insider NJ Top 100 Policymakers, 2022 and 2026; Inspirando Vidas Award, Mujer Generosidad, first place, 2026
- Boards
- Trustee, New Jersey Fund for the Blind; State Chair, Youth Engagement, G100; founding Cabinet Committee member, Emerge New Jersey
- Education
- Seton Hall University (B.S., honors); Fordham University (M.S., Phi Kappa Phi); New York University (Professional Certificate)
- Speaks on
- Technology, accessibility, the future of work, disability policy, peace and climate
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Priscilla Garces is a New Jersey disability-rights leader, United Nations Representative and Global Ambassador for Peace, and a speaker on technology, accessibility and the future of work.
Priscilla Garces is the Founder and Executive Director of Always Forward Foundation. A blind disability-rights leader, she is a United Nations Representative for the Women's Federation for World Peace International and Global Ambassador for Peace for the Universal Peace Federation, twice named to Insider NJ's Top 100 Policymakers, and speaks on technology, accessibility and the future of work.
Please welcome Priscilla Garces: disability-rights leader, United Nations Representative and Global Ambassador for Peace, twice named one of New Jersey's Top 100 Policymakers, and founder of Always Forward, where she is teaching people with disabilities, women and underserved communities to use technology for work, independence and civic voice.
The full biography is on the biography page and in the PDF below, in English and Spanish.
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Official portrait
High-resolution headshot with written alt text. Credit: courtesy of Priscilla Garces.
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Biography, English
Short and full biography, milestones, speaking topics and media contact. Tagged for screen readers.
DownloadBiografía, Español
La biografía completa en español, con hitos, temas de conferencia y contacto de prensa.
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Event photographs
Eight captioned images from the United Nations, the Statehouse and Union County, each with alt text.
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BrandAlways Forward brand kit
Logo masters in SVG and JPG, social images, color and type specifications, usage rules.
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MarksPriscilla Garces marks
Her mark, PG monogram and name lockup in SVG and PNG, for light and dark backgrounds and single-colour print, with usage notes.
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Headshot, both biography PDFs, the approved descriptions as plain text and the fact sheet, in one archive.
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Technology and the disability employment gap
How new tools can turn one of the widest workforce gaps in America into one of its biggest sources of new talent, and what employers and lawmakers can do now.
"Please Save Medicaid"
Her open letter to Congress on the healthcare, assistive technology and support services Americans with disabilities depend on, and what is at stake in the next budget.
Nothing about us without us, in the age of technology
How people with disabilities can use technology to take part in policymaking, and how governments can make its adoption inclusive and accountable.
From Union County to the United Nations
What a township ADA committee and a UN accessibility committee have in common, and why local service is the best training for the world stage.
In the news
- 2026Finding Peace in Volatile Times: Grow an Herb Garden, Says Priscilla GarcesMax PizarroInsider NJ
- 2025Women World Peace Activists Galvanize Union CountyInsider NJInsider NJ
- 2022Priscilla Garces Seeks "the Empowerment of Different Abilities"Max PizarroInsider NJ
- 2021Reclaiming the Songs of Birds: for Women's History Month, InsiderNJ Honors Priscilla GarcesMax PizarroInsider NJ
- 2020The Forgotten Newark Election: VBM-Reimagined, and ForgottenMax PizarroInsider NJ
- 2020The Unprecedented Vulnerabilities for At-Risk Groups in 2020Priscilla Garces · Op-edInsider NJ
- 2019Newark Board of Education Candidate Priscilla Garces Tells City Kid the Secret to Making HistoryMax Pizarro · VideoInsider NJ
- 2019Visually Impaired Since Birth, Newark School Board Candidate Garces has a Particular Vantage Point on EmpathyMax PizarroInsider NJ
Also published in the Friends National Resource Center. Broadcast and podcast appearances will be listed here as they air.