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USING HIS SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE TO HELP EX-CONS BECOME TOP CHEFS—with CNN Hero Brandon Chrostowski
Social entrepreneur Brandon Chrostowski was arrested in Detroit at the age of 18 and faced a long jail sentence. Instead, he received a second chance and was sentenced to just one year in probation. That was when he decided to turn his life around. He finished high school and went to a culinary institute [...]
End anemia in Cambodia by cooking with the Lucky Iron Fish—with Gavin Armstrong
Social entrepreneur Gavin Armstrong is the founder of Lucky Iron Fish, a social business and B-Corp aiming to combat iron deficiency. Nearly 3.5 billion people around the world suffer from iron deficiency or anemia, resulting in constant fatigue, dizziness, and difficulty concentrating at school or at work. The Iron Lucky Fish [...]
LEAVING WALL STREET TO FEED THE HOMELESS–WITH CNN HERO ROBERT LEE, FOUNDER OF RESCUING LEFTOVER CUISINE
Growing up as a child of Korean immigrant parents, Robert Lee experienced hunger first hand. There were times where all his family could afford was instant ramen. While studying at NYU's Stern School of Business, he joined a campus organization that delivered leftover cafeteria food to local homeless shelters. It was there [...]
ONE WOMAN’S QUEST TO TRANSFORM EDUCATION IN HAITI—with Nedgine Paul, Forbes 30 Under 30
Social entrepreneur Nedgine Paul immigrated from Haiti to the US at a young age. After graduating from Yale, she received her masters of education at Harvard University. She gained valuable experience working for the prominent charter school network known as Achievement First and then working for Dr. Paul Farmer’s Partners in Health in [...]
Students Helping Honduras Staff Highlight, Amanda Fennell (Chief Operating Officer)
I had the privilege of interviewing one of my best friends and the person who I spend the most time with at work: Amanda Fennell, the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Students Helping Honduras. In this episode, Amanda Fennell talks about getting adopted from an orphanage in Colombia, childhood in America, how [...]
HOW A STUDENT AT UMD RAISED $30,000 FOR STUDENTS HELPING HONDURAS THROUGH LETTER WRITING–with Melissa Frankenberry
While studying at the University of Maryland, Melissa Frankenberry raised more than $30,000 for Students Helping Honduras. She did it mostly through letter writing fundraising. In this episode, she breaks down her process step-by-step and talks about facing her own fears when making the ask. Listen to it on iTunes or Stitcher, and hit [...]
SURVIVING 2,200 MILES ON A BICYCLE THROUGH EUROPE FOR STUDENTS HELPING HONDURAS–with Cristy Falcone
Cristy Falcone, Bike for Honduras Want to learn how to raise money for your favorite charity by traveling across a continent on a bicycle?Long-time Students Helping Honduras support Cristy Falcone biked 2,200 miles through Europe for SHH. On her daring expedition from Oslo to Paris, she got lost, stuck in [...]
HOW ONE MAN CLIMBED 58 MOUNTAINS TO RAISE $12,000 FOR HIS FAVORITE CHARITY–with Johnny Zeng
Back in 2011 while at the Coast Guard Academy, Johnny Zeng envisioned climbing the 58 fourteeners in Colorado. The fourteeneers are mountains that each exceed 14,000 feet in elevation. Five years later and after many months of training and preparation, he faced his fears and self-doubts head on. Johnny embarked [...]
LEAVING CORPORATE AMERICA TO HELP LOW-INCOME KIDS THROUGH BASKETBALL–with CNN Hero Marquis Taylor
Marquis Taylor, Founder of Coaching for Change Social entrepreneur Marquis Taylor started Coaching for Change by racking up $15,000 in credit card debt. He believed in his mission that much. Marquis Taylor grew up in a rough, gang-riddled neighborhood in South Central Los Angeles. For him, basketball was the only [...]
THE 17-YEAR-OLD SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR DELIVERING COMPUTERS AROUND THE WORLD—with CNN Hero Chris Cao
Chris Cao, Founder of Reboot for Youth Most high school students are too busy with school work, video games, and their social lives to do much else. But Chris Cao, a 17-year-old senior at Thomas Jefferson High School is raising the bar for his generation. At age 15, CNN Hero Chris Cao became [...]