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Creating a world of bridges for disadvantaged youth -- an exchange with Maria Cortes of Citizen University's Youth Collaboratory

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Maria Cortes, all of 17 years old, is dedicated to creating bridges of opportunity for all those disadvantaged youth who may not even be aware that such bridges exist. As the founder of EDYouth, based in the Houston area, Maria is singlehandedly seeing to it that middle school students in her region -- and eventually throughout the U.S. and beyond -- have the kinds of opportunities that can help ensure that they can be all they can be as individuals and as citizens. I had the privilege of meeting Maria and a number of her peers at the latest Civic Collaboratory convened (this time at Aspen Institute in Washington, D.C.) by civic mover and shaker and acclaimed author Eric Liu, founder of Citizen University (CitizenUniversity.us). I was so wowed by Maria's life mission, as well as her eloquence, passion and maturity, that I invited her to be a guest on our podcast. So glad Maria accepted my invitation -- and you will be too, when you listen in and hear her incredibly compelling story of all she has over

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