“Enrique is blind and an astronomer, or rather, Enrique is a blind astronomer. A living oxymoron.” Enrique Pérez lost his sight years ago, but that didn’t stop him from exploring the Universe: he kept working in the field and became a leader in science and outreach. Read about how Enrique Pérez is making astronomy accessible to people with visual impairment and how he is influencing scientists and science communicators around the world in this “Building from Diversity” article.