Today, we're joined by Andy Imparato, the Executive Director of Disability Rights California (DRC). DRC is the federally funded legal services agency that serves Californians with disabilities across the age spectrum and across disability. The organization offers a wide array of advocacy services, which Andy tells us about. Also in the interview, Andy looks back on lessons learned from the pandemic and expresses hopes for the future of people with disabilities in this country. He also tells us how his lived experience with bipolar disorder led him into a career in disability public policy advocacy.

Andy grew up in Los Angeles and graduated from Stanford Law School. He then had an impressive career in Washington D.C., serving as the Disability Policy Director for Chairman Tom Harkin of the US Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and leading the American Association of People with Disabilities and the Association of University Centers on Disabilities. Earlier this year, President Biden appointed Andy to the Biden Harris Covid-19 Health Equity Task Force, which develops recommendations for the White House Covid-19 response.