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Listen to the conclusion of how Zach Yadegari started a multimillion dollar company at the age of 17. 

Illustration by Rebecca Fabricant 

Zach started coding when he was very young, roughly 7 years old, attending coding camps and taking online courses.  At the age of 12, Zach released his first app, Speed Soccer. Although it was not successful, it taught him valuable skills for the future.

Just two years later, Zach created the Roslyn High School favorite, Totally Science, an innovative video game aggregator. "During COVID, I saw that schools were giving out Chromebooks," Yadegari says. "People would play games instead of paying attention in class. However, these games were fragmented across different gaming websites, so I saw an opportunity to build a hub website that combined all of these games under one link."

Zach worked on this website for two years. He marketed it on TikTok, and it grew to five million users. In the end, Zach sold it for six figures.

"I realized, I don't want to go down the path where I don’t go to college and I'm this one hit wonder," Yadegari says. "I make one platform and I don't go anywhere with my life."

Zach got in touch with Blake Anderson, a man he met on Twitter, who had created successful AI apps. With the help of Mr. Anderson and his partner Henry, Zach would go on to create CalAI.

This is the story of how they did it. 

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Dina Kwasnicki is the new Director of Youth & Teen Engagement at the local Temple Sinai.

In this episode, Ms. Kwasnicki discuses what her new job entails, including all regular Jewish engagement opportunities, working with teens, weekly programs, community service, and more! She also shares her story about how she got her job and how her personality allows her to excel at it.

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In this episode, hosts Sydney, Skylar, and Rebecca interview Ms. Atkins, the longtime health teacher here at Roslyn High School. Ms. Atkins shares her unorthodox path into education, discussing the need to follow your heart and do what you truly want to without letting wealth be an incentive. 

While going through college, Atkins decided to focus on advertising, but she soon heard a call for the classroom. “There were a lot of signs in the teaching direction,” Atkins pointed out.

Her journey to being an amazing Health educator beloved by students and colleagues alike is anything but conventional. Listen to how and why she found success.