Stars Making A Social Impact: Why & How Actress & Comedian Santina Muha Is Helping To Change Our World

Growing up I rarely ever saw other wheelchair users on TV, and when I did it was some sort of “very special episode” where the whole point of the character was to teach the regular cast members some sort of lesson. My peers were watching these same shows, and it led them to look at me differently. Essentially TV taught us to be sad about disability. We need to normalize disability, so that there are more characters with disabilities just living their lives, as the friend, the parent, the neighbor, the spouse, the boss, etc.

Santina Muha is a speaker, writer, actor, storyteller, host, and avid Marshall’s shopper. She grew up in New Jersey, where she spoke at several schools from the elementary level through college, and at many adult functions as well. Most recently, Santina gave the commencement speech at Alverno Heights Academy. Santina became paralyzed at the age of five after an automobile accident. But that hasn’t stopped…