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Marilyn Baldwin graduated from the Florida School for the Blind in May of 1977. In April 1982, she graduated Cum Laude from Bethune Cookman College with a BS Degree in Elementary Education and Specific Learning Disabilities.

Marilyn taught children with Learning Disabilities from 1982 until 1985. Then she worked for the City of Orlando from 1987 until 2002, as an Administrative Receptionist.

She joined the National Federation of the Blind in 1984 and has faithfully served in the Central Florida Chapter for many years serving as a Board Member, Secretary, Vice President and Chapter President.

Currently, Marilyn is President of the Central Florida Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind. She Chairs the Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the State Affiliate, as well as, Co-Chairman for the Communities of Faith Committee. She is also on the Florida Deaf Blind Division Board of Directors for NFBF.

This year Marilyn was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors for the League of Women Voters of Orange County. Marilyn serves as Chair of the Quality Assurance Task Force and Disabled Representative on the Orange, Osceola, and Seminole Counties Transportation Disadvantaged Local Coordinating Board. Marilyn has served on the local TD Board for over twenty years.

She is also an active member in her church, Zion Lutheran Church in Winter Garden, Florida. where she serves on the Board of Parish Involvement and Lutheran Women in Mission.

Marilyn lives in Orange County, Florida. She enjoys finding opportunities to make life better for persons living with blindness and other disabilities.