For this edition of our Spotlight series we welcome City Year Boston Alum, Kevin Dua. Kevin served with the Boston corps in 2009 and is now a highschool humanities teacher. Join us for a conversation about Kevin's service and the pathway it led to his career in teaching.

September is National Attendance Awareness Month. To commemorate, we invited Dr. Bob Balfanz for a conversation about chronic absenteeism and the critical value student success coaches add to classrooms across the country.

Our episode today features City Year's own Sean McDevitt, City Year AmeriCorps alum '02, and Senior Director, AmeriCorps Member Experience. Together, we dive into Sean's journey to service and City Year, and his committment to service as a pathway to meaningful impact and success.

Today we are joined by Elliot Washor, co-founder of Big Picture Learning. Join us for a conversation on the importance of listening to students and the power of strong adult-student relationships.

Join us in welcoming Dr. Tarra Mitchell, Senior Vice President and Executive Director of City Year Seattle/King County for a conversation on the tremendous impact of both military and service on her own life and the value national service has on our young people and students.

Today we are joined by Shavon Marion, Managing Director of Impact at City Year Memphis for a conversation about her journey to City Year and her experience working with students and student success coaches to cultivate positive learning communities.

Join us for a conversation with Gustavo Ortiz, Principal at Ascot Elementary in South Los Angeles. Gustavo speaks to the impact City Year student success coaches have had on his students and school.

Today we welcome Sam Rodriguez, City Year alum and founder and executive director of Walls for Justice, a Philadelphia based nonprofit that strives to create positive change through art, for a conversation focused on the importance of following your heart.

Join us for a moving episode with Charlie Rose, Dean of City Year. Charlie touches on the impact of community on his own life and on the lives of our corps members across the country.

Today we meet Annie Qin, a City Year Boston alum and current Chief of Staff of Boston Centers for Youth and Families who discusses her time serving with City Year and the impact her service has had on her life and career.