Join us as we celebrate resilience, community, and the power of believing in every individual's ability to SOAR.https://www.sokidssoar.orgWelcome back to Soaring High with So Kids SOAR (SKS), hosted by Michael Simmons! Join us as we dive into SKS and learn how they help youth Strive, Own, Achieve, and Realize their potential!In this episode, we talk with Sammy Melideo and his mother, Shannon Melideo. Sammy is a 2020 graduate of SKS's Your Path to Success program and a current Walt Disney World employee! Sammy has Kabuki syndrome and autism, and he has overcome major challenges to get where he is today. An avid fan of Disney characters, Sammy also runs a blog where he reviews Disney movies and experiences. Join us as we follow his journey to finding his magic and everything he has accomplished along the way. And stick around as Sammy's knowledge of Disney characters is put to the test, along with your own!

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Join us as we celebrate resilience, community, and the power of believing in every individual's ability to SOAR.

https://www.sokidssoar.org/

Welcome back to Soaring High with So Kids SOAR (SKS), hosted by Glenda Fu Smith and Michael Simmons! Join us as we take a dive into SKS and learn how they help youth to Strive, Own, Achieve, and Realize their potential!

You already know Kirsten Lepore's work, even if you don't know her name. She was the Animation Director on A24's Oscar-nominated Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, and the writer, director, and executive producer of Marvel's I Am Groot on Disney+. She also created Hi Stranger, the beautifully bizarre short that became an internet touchstone, and directed "Bad Jubies," the Annie Award-winning all-stop-motion episode of Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. She excels at breathing life, humor, and heart into tiny, hand-crafted worlds. She joins Michael Simmons to talk about turning a childhood love of drawing and clay into a career, how stop motion and CGI compare as ways to work, why she builds films without dialogue so anyone can follow them, and the advice she gives every new artist: finish it, then share it

Join us as we celebrate resilience, community, and the power of believing in every individual's ability to SOAR.

https://www.sokidssoar.org

Welcome back to Soaring High with So Kids SOAR (SKS), hosted by Glenda Fu Smith and Michael Simmons! Join us as we take a dive into SKS and learn how they help youth to Strive, Own, Achieve, and Realize their potential!

In this episode, we talk with Patrick Green, experienced chef and fellow YTPS Graduate, along with his mother, Kendra Green. Learn about Patrick’s growth and how he manages to stay positive and calm on his path to success, as well as how Kendra hopes to create a community to guide and support her fellow parents. Additionally, will you be able to guess the passwords at the end?

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