Alexis Avila talks to young adult author, teacher, and teen life coach Cyndy Etler. She shares her amazing journey from going homeless at thirteen to summa cum laude by thirty, as well as her inspirational work helping struggling teens.
Our Guest
Cyndy Etler has spent the past decade teaching troubled teens and their teachers in schools across America. Cindy was homeless. When she was 13 she was lucky enough to find herself in a youth shelter, a shelter for homeless youth in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
It took her a long time to get to college, but when she got there, she loved what she was studying again, and she started getting A’s. She got a 4.0 and started winning awards. She started tutoring at Dorchester High School, which is an inner-city school in Boston.
Cindy’s work has been featured in media outlets from NPR to VOYA. It has been praised by best-selling authors Ellen Hopkins, LouAnne Johnson and C.J.Lyons. Etler is currently at work on her second young adult memoir, COILED.
Check out her website: https://cyndyetler.com/
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