Sophia Possidon is a college and K12 educator with decades of experience in the music industry prior to teaching. After such a fruitful career, she decided she wanted to shift gears and focus not on selling product to young people but rather on teaching young people about business and entrepreneurship. In this episode, Jenna and Sophia discuss the many successes that came Sophia's way because she developed the habit of saying "Yes!" to new opportunities. Her curiosity and belief in lifelong learning are habits she likes to pass along to young people-- how to stay open and open-minded because you just never know where opportunity might take you.

Steven Jones, a 7th grade history teacher, discusses the use of simulations and hands-on activities that put students in the driver's seat of their learning experiences for memorable, relatable, transferable long-term learning. Resources related to this episode can be found at www.jennakamp.com'/think-or-thwim.

Alan Smith, writing consultant at Montclair State University in New Jersey, talks us through tips and tricks he uses to help student writers develop into self-directed critical analyzers of their writing. Alan focuses on each session with a writer being a collaborative dialogue focused on the main structures and idea communication within a piece of writing.