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Scott Kirkpatrick Highlight
All people in your life can help you in different ways. Always be learning.
About Scott
- My brother was diagnosed with leukemia and because my dad stayed with him, he was laid off from his job, which meant I had to drop out of college because we could no longer afford it.
- I had to find something else to do, so I joined the United States Coast Guard—I had always wanted to serve people and the Coast Guard’s mission was to save lives, so it was a great fit.
- After too many knee surgeries, I was medically discharged from the military and once again wasn’t really sure what to do.
- I decided to go back to school for my MBA.
- I got the opportunity to work in education, which also really aligned with my passion to serve others because education is the best way to improve lives.
- For the past 22 years, I built my career in education, working for companies like Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, The Princeton Review, and General Assembly.
- I now work as the CEO for BrainPOP, an educational online platform that makes complicated subjects and ideas accessible and engaging for kids.