Sammi Haney plays Esperanza (Dion's best friend), a sassy wheelchair user, on Netflix's Raising Dion. For this role she was nominated for a Children's & Family Emmy (CAFE) for Outstanding Young Performer. She also voices Piper on Disney Junior's FireBuds. Sammi started DisabilityShirts (see links), an online t-shirt company that provides themed apparel for people with disabilities in a mission to spread awareness, acceptance, and love for the disability community. Sammi Haney was born with Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type III or "Brittle Bone Disease".