Soaring High with So Kids SOAR

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 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, Shanno...

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&#39...

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 Gr...

Welcome to a special episode of Soaring High with So Kids SOAR (SKS), Hosted by Michael Simmons (SKS Podcast Manager) and new co-host Clay Weintraub (SKS YPTS 2025 graduate)! 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 Ben Dalley and Melissa Parsons of Bike to The Beach, in preparation for thei...

Thank you to our sponsors, Podtechs and Aspen Spark! https://www.podtechs.com/ https://www.aspenspark.org/ 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 the...

Welcome back to Soaring High with So Kids SOAR (SKS), hosted by Michael Simmons and Glenda Fu Smith! Join us as we take a dive into SKS and learn how they help youth to Strive, Own, Achieve, and Realize their potential! In “Community and Culture”, we talk with Rebecca Gore of D.C. United, as well as Elias Hernandez, a 2022 graduate of Your Path to Success (SKS' vocational building program). Tune i...

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 are given a chance to talk with drummer and YPTS graduate Jacob Varghese and the creator of Eric’s ID Law, Eric Carpenter-Grantham! Join us as we discuss the im...

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 discuss the importance of occupational therapy with Mikkayla Lindgren of Lindy’s Lineup and Cortney Mosle of The Point Occupational Therapy. Listen in as we dis...

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 the founders of Panda Exteriors and The Alzner Foundation, two important organizations and funders for So Kids Soar. Listen in as they discuss how the...

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 Kai Penic, a talented DJ who graduated from the Your Path to Success program in 2020, and his mother, Pier! Discover how Kai was able to find his voic...

Welcome to the debut episode of Soaring High with So Kids SOAR! Hosted by Michael Simmons and Glenda Fu Smith, this podcast highlights the inspiring stories of participants, graduates, parents, and partners of the So Kids SOAR (formerly Dreams for Kids) community. In this episode, Glenda, Executive Director of So Kids SOAR, shares the mission of this incredible nonprofit—empowering youth with phys...