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Beating the Odds - Television Spot
When a degree is your goal, nothing can hold you back. “Beating the Odds” highlights how students everywhere are overcoming obstacles to get to college, standing on their struggles to reach even greater heights. Hear how leaders like Former First Lady Michelle Obama and Paralympian Scout Bassett made it to graduation—and beyond—by ignoring the odds and betting on themselves.
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The team bonds as they explore ways to integrate more fun into their future careers.
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The roadtrippers meet industry pioneers working in cyber risk and catastrophe modeling.
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The roadtrippers get motivated after visits to the FBI, a courthouse, and an art museum.
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The Dallas roadtrippers speak with a wind energy pioneer and a photographer.
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Stories from a nonprofit director, a teacher, and a startup CEO in Austin.
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El Paso to Abilene: the roadtrippers talk career callings with a pilot and a pediatrician.
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After an interview with Governor David Y. Ige, the road trip comes to a close.
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The road-trippers reach Oʻahu, their trip’s third and final island destination.
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The road-trippers travel to the island of Maui and visit a humpback whale sanctuary.
The journey begins; the students interview two Hawaiian residents working in the sciences.
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The end of the journey, with GoldieBlox’s Debbie Sterling and MythBusters’ Kari Byron.
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NASA’s largest rocket engine test facility, and engineer and designer Leah Buechley.