Leopoldine Huyghues Despointes is an actress and an artist. From her role as an actress and producer in the short film Atlantic Avenue to showing work in both Sundance and the Tribeca Film Festival, Huyghues Despointes has made her mark in the film world.

Also the founder and director of the non-profit (Dis)ABLED Visionaries, she simultaneously shows how being in a wheelchair—or having any disability—isn’t a hindrance to happiness and success. The actress, writer, and producer was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta (brittle bones), but rather than disabling her, the disease has served as a catalyst and inspiration for her promising career.