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  • Robbie Simpson spent much of his young life in a rural community. Problems at home mixed with struggles to fit in sent him down a rabbit hole of self-doubt and insecurity. Sadly, he learned to cope by escaping into pornography which really messed with his ability to engage in authentic relationships at any level. 3 marriages, 2 prison terms and a lot of infidelity later he finally decided he wanted to be truly happy and realized he need a new path. Now, he has come to himself and with the base of the Captain Your Story model, he has finally found real happiness and contentment. Much of his story is so relatable to so many people. Listen in as he describes his remarkable story of self-recovery and regaining self-worth.


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    00:00 - Robbie Simpson
    01:28 - The Other Side Academy
    01:43 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    02:29 - Young Life
    03:30 - Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms
    07:30 - Porn & the Internet
    10:44 - A Really Bad Car Accident
    14:05 - Going on a Rampage
    15:30 - A Sting Operation
    17:30 - Getting Charged
    28:40 - First Day in Prison
    30:25 - Facing Hopelessness & Discovering the STRIDE Program
    37:10 - Discovering My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    47:00 - Parole
    49:40 - Landing a Dream Job
    52:00 - Losing the Job
    55:00 - Landing Another Dream Job
    58:30 - Implementing the ‘Captain Your Story’ Model
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  • Matt Harward’s story is a bit of an anomaly. In spite of finding himself in the punk rock world at a young age, Matt never got involved in the drug or alcohol scene. Married at a young age, he did his best to provide for his wife and young son. Then anxiety set in and mix that with the counter culture popularity of his band, he found himself on his way to prison. Serving a 0 to 5 sentence, he describes some of the crazy parts of prison life. Soon, he finds himself in a privileged section and is introduced to Captain Your Story, the lifestyle model I have the privileged of guiding every Monday inside CUCF in Gunnison. Matt describes the positive effect it had on himself and the guys he lived with and how it continues to guide him and his family as he has gained parole and is living a good life. Listen in as he tells his story.


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    00:00 - The Punk Rocker
    01:33 - The Other Side Academy
    01:48 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    03:08 - Jumping in With Both Feet
    07:50 - Substance Abuse is Not His Thing
    10:00 - His High School Experience
    13:30 - Financial Struggles
    17:00 - Having a series of Mental Breakdowns
    19:00 - Spiraling into Affairs
    20:15 - Losing His Community Overnight
    22:40 - Confessing to the Police
    28:00 - His Prison Experience
    40:00 - Making the Most of His Time with Classes
    46:00 - My Story Matters
    57:50 - Final Piece of Advice

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  • Asia Willis grew up in a strong middle class family with caring parents. She was very active in sports and was a standout on the basketball court. After a stint at college, she returned to her old neighborhood and found herself choosing to go after the fast money. Those decisions found her in trouble with the law for the very first time followed by a 7 year prison sentence. There, rather than finding politics and gangs and racism, she tells her unique story of find nurturing, caring women in prison who showed her a better way. She proudly claims that “All Her Friends are Felons.” After parole, she finds herself living a productive life, making her way with the help of her friends.



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    00:00 - Asia Willis
    01:27 - The Other Side Academy
    01:42 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    02:30 - Young Life
    05:50 - Moving to Louisiana
    08:15 - Going back to CA
    10:20 - Getting Pulled into Gang Life
    12:20 - Fighting Her Case and Running
    15:50 - Struggling with Accountability and All of the Other Factors
    17:10 - Her Experience in Prison
    22:12 - Educating Herself in Prison
    25:00 - Struggles getting back into Society
    31:10 - The Humanity is Clear
    33:50 - Her Life & Vision Now ‘I Am Asia Willis’ on Youtube
    36:18 - “Be gentle wIth yourself… Be loyal to yourself… God is your best friend.”

  • If I were to describe Justin Kruger, I would say he is, “the most interesting man in prison” and now on the streets. Arrested at 16 and incarcerated for over 20 years, his entire education was acquired by his own efforts on the inside. His young life turned to turmoil as his mother passed away when he was 14 and he was abandoned by his father. He quickly learned to adapt and survive. That skill followed him into prison. Articulate, thoughtful, well rounded, Justin lives a very productive life still solving problems for businesses. He has a unique and interesting story.


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    00:00 - Justin Kruger
    01:28 - The Other Side Academy
    01:43 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    01:26 - Losing His Parents
    05:50 - Turning to Robbery
    08:44 - Charged with Murder at 16 Y/O
    15:14 - Fighting for Opportunity Behind Bars
    22:50 - Finding Good Influence
    27:00 - Searching for Knowledge
    30:00 - Seeing the Board and getting out in 2018
    34:40 - Forms of Intelligence
    38:45 - Getting Out & Buying Property
    40:00 - Living with a Blank Slate
    45:20 - Final Piece of Advice

  • Morgan Dimmitt grew up in a fairly normal world. Though his parents were divorced, he felt cared for and nurtured. Finding his place on a football field, he was a standout on his high school football team, even headed for college. Problem was, he couldn’t control his aggression and found himself fighting, again and facing charges. That aggression was likely greatly enhanced because of the use of weed and alcohol. His life began to spiral soon becoming addicted to about every drug on the market. Listen in as he tells his near 20 year journey in the world of drugs and crime until one day, facing a long prison sentence, a judge gave him the break he needed and he, almost overnight, came to himself. Using the advice of his sponsor who tells him, “I don’t care about your feelings. Who are you helping today” and thanks to Alcoholics Anonymous he is 3 years sober. Listen in to hear him describe his journey from hell to heaven.


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    00:00 - Morgan Dimmitt
    01:47 - The Other Side Academy
    2:02 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    02:43 - Young Life
    04:30 - Dealing with Aggressive Tendencies
    08:00 - Finding Community through Athletics
    9:50 - Watching His Dad Struggle with Addiction
    10:20 - Dealing with a Major Setback
    12:20 - Discovering Opiates and Withdrawls
    18:50 - Getting into Harder Drugs
    21:30 - ‘Escaping’ to California
    26:00 - Spiraling and Getting Arrested
    34:13 - Getting Out
    37:10 - The Cycle of Relapse
    43:00 - Pleading Guilty
    48:30 - Shifting His Paradigm

  • Jay Alexander’s young life was anything but stable. Always on the move, he struggled to find a place in the world. While stumbling through high school, an assistant principal identified his difficulties and brought him and gave him the assignment of helping other students who struggled to learn math and English. Little did he know that would reappear later in life has he worked as a recovering addict in the First Steps rehabilitation facility in Salt Lake City. Throughout his life, Jay had people who, in spite of being in his own way, believed in him giving him hope for recovery. Listen in as Jay tells his compelling story.

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    00:00 - Jay Alexander
    01:28 - The Other Side Academy
    01:43 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    02:20 - Jay’s Upbringing
    09:45 - Grandmother Dies
    17:15 - Moment of Intense Desperation
    22:15 - Getting Shot
    30:00 - Details on his Arrests
    35:00 - Relapsing in Drug Court & Getting in a Car Accident
    39:40 - Things are Looking Up
    45:20 - Final Piece of Advice

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    00:00 - Brittany Blake
    01:38 - The Other Side Academy
    01:52 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    03:21 - Early Life
    13:30 - Criticism and Frustration
    15:45 - Finding Acceptance
    18:00 - A Close Call
    20:15 - Her High School Experience
    24:00 - Surgery and Opiates
    29:50 - Telling Her Parents about the Abuse & Starting Therapy
    36:00 - The Importance of a Support System
    46:25 - Her Life Now
    47:58 - Final Piece of Advice

  • Nate Williams started gang banging at a very early age in Compton California. He stole his first car, a low rider, from a rival gang at age 13. By 17 he was arrested and eventually sentenced to 25 to life in prison. After 32 years down, he now spends his life as an advocate for cultural reform. For the past 11 years, as the founder of Choices For Freedom, Nate spends his time working in the juvenile detention facilities in California, his life is dedicated to helping other youth avoid the path he took. He is also deeply involved inside San Quentin helping others realize the changes they can make towards living a good life. Try and keep up as Nate tells his lively story about a world most of us know little about.


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    00:00 - Nate Williams
    01:28 - The Other Side Academy
    01:43 - My Story Matters
    02:30 - Young Life
    04:20 - Little Kid in a Gang
    05:40 - Taking the Fall for a Fellow Gang Member
    08:20 - Stealing a Car at 13 Years Old
    10:20 - Juvenile Tried as an Adult
    12:10 - Making the Prison His Home
    14:10 - “Nobody Stays the Same”
    20:20 - The Turning Point in Prison
    22:40 - Converting to Religion
    25:00 - Helping Gang Members to Change
    29:15 - Choices For Freedom Program
    38:39 - How Do We Help?
    39:50 - Healed People Heal People
    43:40 - Final Piece of Advice
    45:10 - His Movie “Rites to Passage”

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    00:00 - Jim Plant
    01:19 - The Other Side Academy
    01:33 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    02:29 - Young Life
    07:30 - Hitting A Low Point
    11:04 - Where Things Really Go South
    15:01 - Confession, Prison & Growth
    21:15 - The Night He Was Arrested
    27:50 - Journaling and Identifying Patterns
    33:10 - The Prison Experience
    38:20 - His Life Now
    40:18 - “Communicate”

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    00:00 - Mianta McKnight
    01:42 - The Other Side Academy
    01:56 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    03:00 - Her Story
    04:07 - Tried as an Adult, sentenced 15 Years to Life
    09:25 - Taking Initiative
    12:00 - The Aftermath and Her Family Now
    14:00 - Finding Help & Hope Within the System
    16:00 - Becoming a Mother
    17:50 - Life in Prison
    20:40 - Her Appeal
    22:20 - Developing Vision
    24:40 - SWAG (Sisters With Artistic Genius)
    30:50 - Making Opportunity Within the System
    34:20 - “What Do You Want?”
    37:30 - Becoming a Massage Therapist & Life Coach
    39:15 - Her Final Hearing
    42:30 - Becoming a Coder
    47:09 - Living With the Stigma
    51:00 - “You Are Enough”

  • Imagine growing up in a life where, from your first memory, abuse was a daily part of life. Verbal, physical, sexual, drugs, alcohol. For Jennifer Granberg, it was a reality. Only her grandmother who was not a part of everyday life showed her any positive reinforcement. It’s hard to imagine the mental anguish that created in her. In fact it pushed her to points even she can’t believe. What is a true miracle is where she is now. It’s hard to imagine surviving what she experienced. It’s amazing to see how today she is thriving and sharing and helping as a counselor to other women who have been through it. Her story is so very sad and traumatic and at the same time, so powerful because of what she has overcome. Join me as Jennifer tells her story.



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    00:00:00 - Jennifer Granberg
    00:01:40 - The Other Side Academy
    00:01:54 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:57 - Her Young Life
    00:09:24 - Experiencing Morphine as an 11 Year Old
    00:11:44 - Rebelling as a Way to Cope
    00:12:40 - Getting Caughting by Her Mother
    00:16:50 - The Spiral Continues
    00:20:50 - Arrested for Murder…
    00:23:30 - The Breaking Point
    00:28:25 - Becoming a Drug and Alcohol Counselor
    00:29:40 - Reintegrating into Society & Helping Others
    00:42:00 - Final Piece of Advice

  • Vandrick Towns grew up in a tough neighborhood surrounded by many great influences. His was a close nit, hardworking, religious family. He was heavily involved in all these things as will as his prowess as a young football star. Then, when he was 16 years old, after a football game, we was struck by a bullet that lodged in his calf and changed forever the trajectory of his life. His fall was fast and furious. In spite of having no previous experience in gang life, he was drawn in and jumped in with both feet. Then, within just over a year, he was in jail facing a double life sentence. Listen in as he tells his articulate and amazing story of his free fall into hell, his survival skills he learned, how he comes to himself and then faced an identical situation where his good decision would send him down a road where he has spent the past over 17 years helping himself and others find true peace and success. Vandrick is an amazing human being. His story is lifechanging.


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    The Other Side Academy (TOSA) - theothersideacademy.com
    My Story Matters / Captain Your Story - mystorymatters.org


    00:00:00 - Vandrick Towns
    00:02:02 - The Other Side Academy
    00:02:21 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:03:10 - LA in the 80’s
    00:06:50 - Surviving a Shooting
    00:08:40 - Joining a Gang for Revenge
    00:18:00 - Landing in Prison
    00:28:50 - Earning a Reputation
    00:30:45 - Returning to His Roots
    00:33:00 - Losing his Mother & Brother on the Same Day
    00:35:50 - Coming to a Fork in the Road
    00:45:15 - Granted Parole on July 4th
    00:51:13 “We’re more alike than we are different.”
    00:52:20 Teaching Law & Ethics in the Prison
    00:55:10 Final Piece of Advice

  • Growing up in Compton California in the early 90’s Yanira Armster was living a great childhood. Then one day she discovered some photos in her Dad’s desk that unraveled her life. He was living a double life with a second wife and family. Feeling betrayed and somehow responsible, she jumped headlong into the gang life. Never using herself, she started selling drugs and at the age of 17 found herself in a courtroom facing a triple life sentence. Listen in as she tells her amazing story of survival in the prison system and then her transformation as she started to thrive. She tells how the board found her “suitable” and in 2015 she was released. Her emotional story is worth a listen.

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    00:00:00 - Yanira Armster
    00:01:33 - The Other Side Academy
    00:01:48 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:46 - Young Life
    00:04:02 - Finding out that her dad had another family.
    00:07:55 - Creating a New Identity
    00:11:38 - Arrested at 17
    00:20:29 - ‘Prison Saved Me’
    00:22:05 - Three Life Sentences
    00:27:35 - Her Prison Experience
    00:36:00 - Letting the Seed Grow
    00:44:07 - “Watch Me”
    00:49:30 - Found Suitable and Going Home
    00:52:00 - Becoming a Counselor
    00:56:47 - Final Piece of Advice

  • Corey Glassman was living in a great family. Mom, Dad, sports, camping, things were great. Then tragedy struck. He father, his hero passed away and his life went into a tail spin. The loss for him was devastating. What’s more, the “replacement” father figures were complete failures and he found drugs and alcohol. Sentenced to a 25 to life sentence when he was 17, Corey first survived prison life then he came to himself and started to thrive spending the last 15 years of his time growing, help and serving. He tells a powerful story of the effort required to regain credibility for himself and receive redemption. You won’t want to miss the story of Corey Glassman.

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    00:00:00 - Corey Glassman
    00:01:32 - The Other Side Academy
    00:01:47 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:45 - Losing His Dad at 9 Years Old
    00:06:48 - A Very Complicated Relationship
    00:12:20 - From Peer Pressure to Murder
    00:14:50 - Sentenced at 16 Years Old - 25 Years to Life
    00:17:25 - Surviving Prison
    00:21:00 - Getting Involved & Finding Hope
    00:33:25 - Communal Accountability
    00:38:58 - Found Suitable Two Times & Rejected by the Governor
    00:42:35 - Winning On Appeal
    00:46:50 - Returning to His Child Self
    00:48:00 - Operations Recovery Services

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    00:49:05 - Corey’s Life Now
    00:50:35 - Final Piece of Advice

  • Imagine growing up in a white picket fence life; tight, close knit, religious family, loving parents, great brothers, tons of friends, sports etc. That was the life of Collin Cooper. Returning from his LDS mission he finds himself dealing with a lower back injury acquired from participation in high school football. He fell into the opioid epidemic at the turn of the century followed by 15 years or so of the lies and pain caused by addiction. His is not an uncommon story. In and out of every rehab in his area as well as in and out of jail found him ready to end his life. Listen in as he recounts the emotional time when his mom comes to get him, weighing 119 lbs, his weeks in the hospital regaining his health and his enrollment in The Other Side Academy, where Collin has his life back. This is a story you don’t want to miss.

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    00:00:00 Collin Cooper
    00:01:33 The Other Side Academy
    00:01:52 My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:35 Colin’s Background
    00:09:00 Back Injury Prescription
    00:11:00 Dipping His Toes
    00:14:01 Realizing He Was Addicted
    00:17:44 Landing in Jail
    00:20:00 Cheating Drug Court
    00:25:59 The Haven in SLC
    00:29:38 High at the Wedding
    00:33:15 Come to a Head
    00:37:37 Rock Bottom & Asking For Help
    00:41:28 The Other Side Academy
    00:50:20 TOSA Saves Lives
    00:53:30 Last Piece of Advice

  • Jessica Searle spent all of her early years dealing with dysfunctional parents. Drugs, alcohol and even abuse were part of her young life. She left home at 13 living in the Mission district of San Francisco where she was jumped into a gang. Finally finding herself in Utah, any hope of change vanished as she continued down the path of drugs, and bad relationships. She lived that way for 25 years until she was finally done. Enrolling in The Other Side Academy changed her life. Now she is articulate, authentic, and purposeful. She is not the person she spent 38 years becoming. She has a light in her eyes and hope in her heart. Her story is one of triumph over insurmountable odds.


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    00:00:00 - Jessica Searle
    00:01:36 - The Other Side Academy
    00:01:50 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:40 - A ‘Hectic’ Childhood
    00:04:45 - Early Abuse
    00:06:28 - Learning to Hide from Good Influences
    00:08:35 - Finally Opening Up About the Abuse
    00:10:20 - Running Away
    00:13:55 - Moving Back in with Her Parents & Culture Shock
    00:17:17 - Pregnant at 15
    00:20:30 - Surgery & Opiates
    00:23:59 - Going on a Crime Spree & Landing in Prison
    00:27:02 - A Moment of Stability
    00:28:00 - Starting to Slip
    00:29:14 - “Lighting Myself On Fire to Keep Everybody Warm”
    00:33:58 - Losing Her Partner & The Kids
    00:38:35 - Her Mom Passes Away
    00:41:28 - Writing to The Other Side Academy
    00:49:40 - 4 Years at TOSA
    00:54:00 - A Piece of Advice For Herself

  • Leticia Ledezma’s young life was full of struggles. Her young dreams of growing up to be a lawyer soon gave way to following her brother into the street life where she remained for the better part of 25 years. Her current bright smile was, for so long covered in drugs and abuse and pain and hopelessness. A continuous cycle of bad relationships and a life that found her booked into jail 40 times, with no idea how to escape what she found a “normal”. Then things changed as she was introduced to The Other Side Academy. Now over 7 years sober and living a great life, describes her transformation where she is full of hope, optimism and purpose. You will love her story.

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    00:00:00 - Leticia Ledezma
    00:01:29 - The Other Side Academy (TOSA)
    00:01:44 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:30 - Growing Up in the Party House
    00:05:38 - Caught with Narcotics at 14 Years Old
    00:08:59 - Pregnant at 18
    00:13:15 - The Cycle
    00:18:02 - Losing Her Kids
    00:24:43 - The Beginning of the End—TOSA
    00:28:30 - The Other Side Academy
    00:34:30 - Struggling with the Rules
    00:37:00 - Deciding to Jump All In
    00:38:40 - “I Feel Like I’m Leaving Him Behind…”
    00:42:45 - Now 7 Years at TOSA
    00:43:45 - Destiny Garcia’s Non-Profit, Clean Slate Utah
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    00:44:14 - Not a Felon Anymore
    00:47:10 - Choose Your Hard

  • Jessica Grundie describes her young life as “typical to me”. It was however, anything but functional. Domestic violence, drugs and alcohol were all around her daily home life so much so that at 11, DCFS came knocking and she went to live with an Aunt and Uncle for a time. Rather than, as so many kids do, look to drugs and alcohol to hide her pain, she turned to anger. Fights and juvenile detention were a constant part of her young life until one day, at 15 years of age, while trying to escape from a detention facility, she stabs a worker. Sentenced to 5 years to life in the state prison, she sends her first 5 years in max; 23 hour lockdown. Her story is heartbreaking yet her outcome is glorious. Join me as she tells her story losing the anger and finding peace.

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    00:00:00 - Jessica Grundie
    00:01:42 - The Other Side Academy (TOSA)
    00:01:57 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:47 - Her Young Life
    00:05:25 - DFS Intervention
    00:13:25 - Grand Theft Auto @ 12 years old
    00:16:15 - Learning to Prefer Incarceration
    00:27:15 - That Escalated Quickly
    00:35:30 - They Loved Me The Way They Knew How
    00:38:25 - Prison Summary, from 15 to 27
    00:47:40 - Graduating Odyssey House
    00:52:15 - “Talk to Somebody”

  • Dylan’s Gibson's young life started in trauma; duplicitous, addicted parents, a predator baby sitter, divorced parents at age 9. All of which he thought to be “normal”. Though successful in school and very successful in soccer, the rest of his life was chaos. To make it worse, at age 17, his father and brother were killed. And then things went downhill. Finally, after countless arrests, 52 incarcerations and 9 years in prison, the allowance of a judge, a nudge from his grandmother, and the audacity of the people at The Other Side Academy, Dylan’s life starts to make a turn. Listen in as he describes his new life of service and help and vision and purpose.

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    00:00:00 - Dylan Gibson
    00:01:24 - The Other Side Academy
    00:01:43 - My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:02:24 - Earliest Memories
    00:14:10 - Near Death Experience
    00:20:50 - Changing Peer Influence
    00:27:30 - Losing His Father & Brother to DUI
    00:33:37 - Recognizing His Addiction
    00:40:32 - In & Out of Jail 52 Times
    00:44:00 - The Other Side Academy
    00:54:00 - Becoming Vulnerable
    00:59:50 - The Other Side Builders
    01:02:00 - Anyone Can Change

  • I first met Amy Chandler in December of 2022. Her story is much different than that of most of my guests. Her vision of providing individual growth and change to people in all walks of life is transformational. The visionary founder of the non-profit My Story Matters, Amy is undaunted in her quest to help every person get out of the survival mode we often all live in and live a life of vision and purpose. With a singular change model that provides individuals with the tools to permanently improve and transform their lives, she is having a lasting positive affect, not just in the criminal justice space but in every space.

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    00:00:00 Amy Chandler
    00:01:21 The Other Side Academy
    00:01:39 My Story Matters / Captain Your Story
    00:03:12 Amy’s Background
    00:06:24 One Step at a Time
    00:10:04 A Thousand Teenage Refugee Stories
    00:11:24 Trying to Keep Up With the Growth
    00:12:28 Considering the Incarcerated Population
    00:13:40 Evolving into a Trauma-Informed Model
    00:16:11 “What sets us apart?”
    00:20:35 Entering the Incarcerated Space
    00:31:29 Brief Snapshot of the Framework
    00:36:47 Who is this Curriculum For?
    00:43:05 “We are a catalyist for lasting transformation…”
    00:46:15 “What do you want?”
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