How Engineering Students Are Changing Lives for Disabled Veterans
Tara Newell
Tara Newell, Executive Director at Project S.E.R.V.E., joins us to share how this organization is connecting veterans and emergency responders with university engineering students to design and build real solutions for real needs. She shares the origin of the program, her personal military background, and what makes this model unlike anything else in South Florida. We talk about university partnerships, the national design competition, funding, success stories, and the exciting potential to turn student-built prototypes into sellable products. Tara also opens up about balancing all of this as a mom of four. This episode is a powerful look at what service, innovation, and community can build together. Manny Alfonso: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannyalfonso8/ Kiko Suarez: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/querikoconkiko/ Eduardo Moya: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_moya/ Follow Us! - A Day in Miami: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adayinmiami/ Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/20WEys6jxiliBCLoo9iSID ________________________ Produced by: Ben Schwede Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/benthecreatorrr/ 0:00 Intro 1:29 About Project Serve 4:56 Tara’s Involvement in Military 7:20 Partnerships with Universities 8:22 Demographics and Veterans’ Excitement 10:21 Potential for Creating Sellable Products 11:12 Looking to Help Emergency Responders 13:15 Getting More Exposure 13:56 Success Stories 16:09 Volunteering 17:42 Funding and Donations 18:35 National Design Competition 22:31 Being a Mom of 4 Kids 25:28 How to Get Involved 27:51 Shoutouts 29:24 Top 3 Restaurants 32:38 How to Reach Project Serve 33:30 Outro
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