Kate Scally

Director / Music Teacher

With 15 years of experience as a music teacher at Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, Kate Scally has dedicated her career to creating meaningful, engaging, and accessible learning experiences for students who are blind or visually impaired. Her passion for accessible education is deeply rooted in her belief that every child deserves the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive in an environment designed to support their unique strengths and needs.

As both an educator and a foster mom, Kate brings compassion, patience, and a strong sense of community to her work. If she doesn’t know the answer to something, she believes she’ll find the answer by reaching out to others. She is committed to fostering independence, confidence, creativity, and self-advocacy in her students while building supportive relationships with families and colleagues alike.

Kasey Hopper

Orientation and Mobility Instructor

Kasey Hopper, MA, COMS, is a Certified Orientation and Mobility Specialist dedicated to empowering students who are blind or visually impaired through independence training, assistive technology, travel skills, and individualized support. With years of experience as an educator, university instructor, assistive technology specialist, and mentor, Kasey brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to the field, as he is also legally blind due to retinitis pigmentosa. A guide dog handler partnered with his dog Chance, Kasey is passionate about helping students and families recognize the possibilities that confidence, proper training, and encouragement can create. He and his wife are raising their two children, Vyronica and Emerson, in Tucson, Arizona, where he enjoys coaching youth soccer, creating accessibility-focused content through the family channel @4FamFrogs, and exploring the community together. Kasey is excited to help build innovative, student-centered educational opportunities that prepare blind and visually impaired students for meaningful, independent lives beyond the classroom.