95: From Stanford to Start-Up- Audrey Wisch CEO, on Igniting Passion in Education with Curious Cardinals
EdUp L&D, hosted by Holly Owens and Nadia Johnson
English - September 20, 2023 01:45 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsEducation Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Overview
In this episode of EdUo EdTech, we had the pleasure of interviewing Audrey Wisch, co-founder and CEO of Curious Cardinals. Audrey shares her journey from being a history major at Stanford with aspirations of becoming a lawyer, to starting Curious Cardinals during the pandemic. She noticed that many students were disengaged and uninspired by their schoolwork, so she began tutoring and connecting students with passionate peers to ignite their love for learning. Curious Cardinals now has a community of over 500 college and recent grad mentors and a full-time team of 14. The platform focuses on near-peer mentorship, passion-based learning, project-based learning, and representation. Audrey also discusses the future of ed tech, emphasizing the importance of AI in personalizing learning and improving learning efficacy. It's time to grab those headphones and tune - into this amazing episode!
More About Audrey Wisch
Audrey paused her studies at Stanford University to pursue Curious Cardinals, chasing her dreams to not only help K-12 students unlock their greatest potential but also to provide college students with meaningful work. After teaching her first workshop on mass incarceration to high school students at the start of the pandemic, Audrey mobilized her most ambitious peers at Stanford and beyond to share topics they were passionate about to K-12 students. Since then, Audrey has spoken on CNN and in Forbes to share her vision to create a community of lifelong learners and doers. Curious Cardinals has now raised $6.8 million in seed funding led by Anthos Capital and Audacious Ventures. She was recognized in the 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30 Education and Youngest category. At Stanford, Audrey was a history major whose research on the history of sexual assault was published in the Stanford Historical Journal. When Audrey is not working or speaking to members of the Curious Cardinals community, she can be found running while listening to podcasts, reading, or art museums!
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