S2: EP7: How Your Passion Can Make An Impact
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S2: EP7
\\nHow Your Passion Can Make An Impact
\\nToday I have the pleasure of interviewing an incredible young lady, 16 year old, high school student, Bianca Jortner from Connecticut, who co-founded a non-profit, student-led organisation called \\u2018 Youth Promise\\u2019 with her friend Savannah Jiang, which provides underserved youth with free virtual tutoring and group classes.
\\nBianca and Savannah came up with the idea after witnessing first hand how the pandemic impacted education for students. Having a huge passion for social justice and equality in today\\u2019s society, and being students themselves they knew they could do something about it. They were passionate about creating an organisation and took the initiative to reach out to the under-served youth who have been affected more harshly by the pandemic; many didn\\u2019t have access to wifi devices, or the resources and academic guidance they needed during this time.
\\nThey knew they came from places where they were fortunate enough to get resources they needed, so they felt it was especially important to give back and aid youth, and provide free, virtual educational resources for them as they knew that education is vital and incredibly important for everyone.
\\nThe organisation started up pretty fast in the summer of 2020, and it has been a learning curve since. Their journey was difficult when it came to learning about the non-profit, and balancing it with school. Bianca is planning to go into medicine and Savannah into Politics.
\\nFast forward, they are making an impact on a phenomenal scale. To date they have over 200 volunteer tutors on their books and help students from Kindergarten to 12th grade.
\\nWe discuss:
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0e Bianca\\u2019s journey
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0e Youth Promise\\u2019s Journey
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0e How the current climate is affecting education amongst low socio- economic groups
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0e How youth can recognise their passions
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0eHow youth can take initiative with their passions
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0e Using your resources and advantages to help others
\\n\\u25b6\\ufe0e Making a difference in the world
\\nPlus, much, much more.
\\nPlease share this inspiring episode.
\\nhttps://www.youthpromise.org/
\\nBianca recommends this video about Social Injustice
\\nhttps://youtu.be/ziW5JG6GTHk
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