Rupa Valdez

Professor, University of VirginiaPresident, Blue Trunk Foundation

Role: President at Blue Trunk Foundation
Location: Charlottesville, VA, US
LinkedIn followers: 500 followers

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Experience

President
Blue Trunk Foundation
Dec 2015 — Present
Blue Trunk Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing information about accessibility to make it easier for people to travel regardless of their age, disability, or health conditions.

Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Master’s Degree, Industrial and Systems Engineering
2005 — 2007
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Bachelor’s Degree, Industrial Engineering and French
1998 — 2003
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Industrial and Systems Engineering (Minor in Cultural Anthropology)
2007 — 2012

Skills

Statistics
University Teaching
Data Analysis
Higher Education
Qualitative Research
Spss
Teaching
Healthcare

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Current company

Blue Trunk Foundation

Travel Arrangements · 4 employees · Founded 2015 · Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

Blue Trunk Foundation is dedicated to providing information about accessibility to make it easier for people to travel regardless of their age, disability, or health conditions. Our vision is to be the premier source of reliable information about accessible travel worldwide. We are a non-profit organization based in Charlottesville, VA. Please follow us on social media and contact us to get involved! How we got started Rupa Valdez created Blue Trunk Foundation in response to her personal experiences traveling with and without a disability. Before developing mobility restrictions Rupa was spontaneous. She booked trains and hotels at the last minute and sampled fare at any restaurant on a whim. Traveling in a wheelchair is different. It means going to the train station a day in advance to coordinate how to get on and off. It means eating at a restaurant then realizing a bathroom is only available down a flight of stairs. And it means being stuck in an airport’s separate waiting room for hours. It’s not all bad. There are businesses that make traveling with a disability so easy that she forgets her special needs. Rupa thought about how much easier it would be to know the good, bad and the ugly ahead of time. It would great to have one place where you could find all this information. Today Blue Trunk is dedicated to filling this need by providing resources about accessibility to make it easier for all people to travel regardless of age, disabilities or health conditions. Why Blue Trunk? We wanted a name that would resonate. The international color of accessibility and the idea of \"blue planet\" inspire the first half of the name. A travel trunk inspires the second half. Together, Blue Trunk also refers to Ganesh, the Hindu god with a blue elephant head who is the remover of obstacles, which is a role we hope to play for all people who want to travel.

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Education

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison

University of Wisconsin-Madison

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