Episode 16: Relationships, Resources, and Resiliency

March 20, 2024 00:24:15
Episode 16: Relationships, Resources, and Resiliency
Education Conversations
Episode 16: Relationships, Resources, and Resiliency

Mar 20 2024 | 00:24:15

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Show Notes

Listen as Jennifer Vigne talks with Jessiah Straw, a 2013 graduate of Sarasota Military Academy whose remarkable journey to becoming the vice president of a Seattle-based holding company serves as a poignant story of the power of relationships, resources, and resiliency. Jessiah talks about how he navigated a complex world to succeed and the ways that scholarships helped him achieve his dreams, but not without some snags.

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