“If I could ever see again I would like to look in to my husband’s eyes”
Maria / Phd Musicologist
Maria/ Phd Musicologist
Maria, now 57, was born prematurely and faced the challenges of limited vision from an early age, eventually losing her sight completely at 16. As a child, he attended regular school while simultaneously learning Braille, English, French and music. After studying linguistics at the University of Athens he was forced to move to America as he faced discrimination in Greece, who was denied a singing diploma simply because of her visual impairment. There he earned a master’s degree in singing and a doctorate in historical musicology from Boston University. Today, she is a music educator, author, and active participant in global research for blind singers, continuing to inspire others through her work and story.
Latest Interviews
“I was staring at emptiness, doing nothing for days”elisseos2025-01-22T09:46:12+00:00
“I was staring at emptiness, doing nothing for days”
“I dug a hole and buried my mother”elisseos2025-01-22T09:42:14+00:00
“I dug a hole and buried my mother”
“If I could ever see again I would like to look in to my husband’s eyes”elisseos2025-01-22T09:33:13+00:00
“If I could ever see again I would like to look in to my husband’s eyes”
“I saw hell with Benzo withdrawal”elisseos2024-10-01T08:42:23+00:00
“I saw hell with Benzo withdrawal”
“It’s like a dark forest, many go in but few come out”elisseos2024-10-01T08:29:05+00:00
“It’s like a dark forest, many go in but few come out”
“I was trapped by a snipper in Iraq”elisseos2024-07-13T08:21:17+00:00
“I was trapped by a snipper in Iraq”
“I feel happy when people applaud me”elisseos2024-07-12T23:53:12+00:00
“I feel happy when people applaud me”
“I have depersonalization and derealization attacks”elisseos2024-05-26T09:39:36+00:00
“I have depersonalization and derealization attacks”
“It is a former bad aspect of myself that does not represent me”elisseos2024-05-16T22:31:32+00:00
“It is a former bad aspect of myself that does not represent me”
“Simplify life, dont expect anything, live for today”elisseos2024-04-25T13:23:35+00:00
“Simplify life, dont expect anything, live for today”
“I have been to swingers party with 2500 people”elisseos2024-03-22T17:18:29+00:00
“I have been to swingers party with 2500 people”
“Disability is not synonymous to weakness and incapacity”elisseos2024-02-27T21:56:45+00:00
“Disability is not synonymous to weakness and incapacity”
“Plus size models do not promote obesity”elisseos2024-02-14T18:10:01+00:00
“Plus size models do not promote obesity”
“I am not trans Nancy, I am Nancy the model, I am Nancy the sexworker”elisseos2024-01-24T00:50:27+00:00
“I am not trans Nancy, I am Nancy the model, I am Nancy the sexworker”
“I couldn’t tell what was sane or not”elisseos2024-01-16T00:49:41+00:00
“I couldn’t tell what was sane or not”
” Our only hope was in the blue sky above, in God”elisseos2024-01-03T20:39:30+00:00
” Our only hope was in the blue sky above, in God”
“I was attacked and got pregnant”elisseos2023-12-26T11:53:22+00:00
“I was attacked and got pregnant”
“Doctors shouldn’t decide about our gender”elisseos2023-12-26T11:50:36+00:00
“Doctors shouldn’t decide about our gender”
“Since I was six I remember only violence”elisseos2023-12-16T02:14:09+00:00
“Since I was six I remember only violence”
“We were strangers at times for her in the house”elisseos2023-12-16T02:11:26+00:00
“We were strangers at times for her in the house”
” I was seeking love by hurting myself”elisseos2023-12-16T02:06:36+00:00
” I was seeking love by hurting myself”
“Now I feel free to do whatever I want”elisseos2023-10-22T16:20:27+00:00
“Now I feel free to do whatever I want”
” The word lesbian is an empowering term”elisseos2023-09-19T06:32:41+00:00
” The word lesbian is an empowering term”
“I can do everything just like you if society helps”elisseos2023-08-03T21:56:59+00:00
“I can do everything just like you if society helps”
” I didn’t wake up one morning and said I will kill a man”elisseos2023-07-17T09:56:43+00:00
” I didn’t wake up one morning and said I will kill a man”
“Being tough is about becoming something in your life”elisseos2023-07-11T22:05:11+00:00
“Being tough is about becoming something in your life”
“The worst day in treatment equals the best day in the problem”elisseos2023-07-01T16:43:41+00:00
“The worst day in treatment equals the best day in the problem”
“Fight for your rights in anyway you want”elisseos2023-06-21T05:47:14+00:00
“Fight for your rights in anyway you want”
“I feel like a man and I want you to respect that”elisseos2023-06-11T14:34:27+00:00
“I feel like a man and I want you to respect that”
“Many of the people that come to us, are perverts”elisseos2023-05-07T10:35:52+00:00
“Many of the people that come to us, are perverts”
“My sweet heroin, wherever you come from, you come for me”elisseos2023-04-24T22:16:53+00:00
“My sweet heroin, wherever you come from, you come for me”
“If you fight for your ego even if you win, you have lost”elisseos2023-02-26T15:01:30+00:00
“If you fight for your ego even if you win, you have lost”
“You can become whatever you want”elisseos2023-02-19T12:58:43+00:00
“You can become whatever you want”
“I was a virgin and I was dreaming about threesomes”elisseos2023-01-29T02:29:25+00:00
“I was a virgin and I was dreaming about threesomes”
“Some people keep their children in darkness”elisseos2023-01-13T13:18:48+00:00
“Some people keep their children in darkness”
“I saw a stiff body that blossomed like a flower”elisseos2023-01-13T13:28:30+00:00
“I saw a stiff body that blossomed like a flower”
“Someone asked me to impersonate the Prime Minister”elisseos2023-01-13T13:28:54+00:00
“Someone asked me to impersonate the Prime Minister”
“Doing this job doesn’t mean I can’t be trusted”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:11+00:00
“Doing this job doesn’t mean I can’t be trusted”
“A person who lives with HIV is not a threat to us”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:25+00:00
“A person who lives with HIV is not a threat to us”
“I thought a lot of times to take my own life”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:33+00:00
“I thought a lot of times to take my own life”
“I woke up after 55 days in the ICU about 45 kilos less”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:47+00:00
“I woke up after 55 days in the ICU about 45 kilos less”
“I like to put my ropes around people”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:02+00:00
“I like to put my ropes around people”
“I like to see the other one in pain”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:12+00:00
“I like to see the other one in pain”
“What we saw was bodies but people were strong”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:19+00:00
“What we saw was bodies but people were strong”
“What matters is the heart and brain, not how you look”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:28+00:00
“What matters is the heart and brain, not how you look”
“I wish people treat us with respect and understanding”elisseos2023-01-13T13:31:20+00:00
