The International Day of People with Disability is held on 3rd December each year. Santiago Velasquez was selected for the 2025 ambassadorship program run by the Australian Government's Department of Social Services
- Announcement by Minister Jenny McAllister: https://www.health.gov.au/ministers/senator-the-hon-jenny-mcallister/media/international-day-of-people-with-disability-2025-ambassadors-announce
- Santiago Velasquez' individual video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258EB0z2hlg&t=134s
- Videos for all the ambassadors: https://www.idpwd.com.au/about/our-ambassadors/
"Santiago Velasquez Hurtado is the CEO and founder of two companies, and an accomplished innovator and designer. Santiago utilises his lived experience and degree in electrical engineering to invent solutions to make the world more accessible. As a UN panellist, Churchill Fellow and TedX speaker, he is determined to change the way the world perceives people with disability."
