Episode 27: Eric Waldo of Reach Higher

The Crush by Davin Sweeney

Oct 7, 2018Education

Reach Higher is former First Lady Michelle Obama’s college access initiative, operating under the leadership of my guest this episode, Eric Waldo. He’s hard at work countering the systematic efforts to disman...

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