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  • A new podcast from Texas Public Radio about overcoming challenges in business and surprising stories of entrepreneurship. In Texas, there's an old saying, "That's no hill for a climber." It means that a task that looks daunting to most is a welcome sight to someone who wants to challenge themselves. In this podcast, you'll meet people who fit that mold and pushed through hardships to follow a dream. New episodes out weekly starting December 10. Made possible by Texas Mutual Insurance Company.
  • San Antonio’s college leaders say we need to increase the college-going rate in order to shrink the Latino college gap. What's keeping more Latino students from enrolling?
  • San Antonio’s pre-existing racial and economic disparities put Black and Latino students at greater risk when businesses closed and coronavirus infections soared.
  • Latino college students in San Antonio are more likely to be responsible for helping their family pay the bills. Sometimes the needs of their families have to take precedence over earning a degree.
  • Trinidad Garcia is your quintessential Marine: driven, decisive, and committed. When he got out, he used those same strengths to build Trinidad3 Jeans, made in the USA. And he designs special jeans to help fellow veterans.
  • Josue Barron grew up in an area known for warring gangs. He almost got sucked in, but joined the Marines instead. It cost him a leg and an eye, but saved him from the streets of an L.A. suburb.
  • Destiny Flynn-Draher is a veteran, Gold Star wife, and advocate for her second husband, a Marine special operator who has been in court martial limbo for over 3 years. She’s a fearless fighter for military justice reform and wonders why some who say they’ll take a bullet for a friend won’t stand up for what’s right. That’s why she has a tattoo of Lady Justice on her arm.
  • The story of one Marine’s incredible courage to protect his friend in battle and then overcome devastating injuries in the aftermath.
  • Janie Barrera founded one of the largest and most successful non-profit business microlenders in the country. Her journey to that founding has roots in her youth in Corpus Christi, Texas, and by no means was Barrera’s a typical path to starting a finance company.
  • Tirso Sigg took a leap of faith coming to the United States from Mexico and taking a job at Disney World for which he wasn't quite qualified. Thanks to a little luck and a lot of ingenuity, he now owns a restaurant business and went on a personal journey to overcome his fear of the unknown.
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