Founder and CEO of The Social Institute, Laura Tierney, joins me to discuss how The Social Institute empowers students to positively navigate their social world, including social media and technology. Their positive, student-led approach has been applauded by Melinda Gates and featured by The Washington Post, NPR, and USA Today. Laura is a 2018 award winner of the Triangle Business Journal's 40-under-40, a graduate of Duke University and an All-ACC Academic Honoree in field hockey, a sport in which she made four NCAA Tournament appearances.

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