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Every year the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation awards a select set of High School Seniors the Coca Cola Scholarship. Gianna is a 2023 Coke Scholar. 

In this Podcast, Gianna talks about her passion for Public Health, STEM Curriculum, Winning the Coca Cola Scholarship, her college search process, and his advice for high schoolers. #CokeScholars

In particular, we discuss the following with her: 

• Who is Gianna Thomas?
• Extracurricular Interests
• Winning the Coke Scholarship
• College Process
• Advice for High Schoolers

Topics discussed in this episode:

• Introducing Gianna Thomas, Coke Scholar []
• Hi Fives - Podcast Highlights []
• Who is Gianna Thomas? []
• High School Interests []
• Public Health Research []
• STEM Curriculum Innovation []
• Teaching Kids []
• Applying for the Coke Scholarship []
• The Coke Application []
• The Interview []
• The Coke Scholarship Difference []
• College Process []
• Initial College List []
• Why Yale? []
• The Future - Yale and Beyond []
• Advice to High Schoolers []

Our Guest: Gianna Thomas is a 2023 Coke Scholar, and a recent graduate of Middletown High School, Connecticut. Gianna will be a Freshman at Yale University in Fall 2023.

Memorable Quote: “So going into my senior year, I really made it a goal to apply to one scholarship day, it was a pretty loose goal with the amounts really fluctuating each week.” Gianna Thomas.

Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript.

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