Hello my name is Matthew Deherrera. I am a 18 year old male. I moved to Eugene OR, two years ago with my family. I am in the Multimedia Design program at LCC.

I have achromatopsia which means that I am fully colorblind, (black and white) I have light sensitivity, and I cannot see far. Though with my disability I have a strong passion for photography and cinematography. When I was younger I use to make mini movies for my family. The movies mainly consisted of toys that I owned at the time and the layout of my house for the set. I used an old camcorder that I owned to record. When I was finished making the film I would also grab little pieces of paper and turn them into tickets and handed them to my family so they had entry to my “premiere”. After making those “short films” my passion for film making grew and I wanted to expand my knowledge on the craft. The series of events in my life has led me to the Multimedia Design program at LCC.

My goals for after the program ends is to make commercials for different companies and be apart of a company’s social media team for advertisements. Though these are my goals now I know that there are many different roads that this program can lead me to. Till then I can not wait for what my future entails.