How Engineering Students Are Changing Lives for Disabled Veterans | Tara Newell

Tara Newell, Executive Director at Project S.E.R.V.E., joins us to share how this organization is connecting veterans and emergency responders with university engineering students to design and build real solutions for real needs. She shares the origin of the program, her personal military background, and what makes this model unlike anything else in South Florida.We talk about university partnerships, the national design competition, funding, success stories, and the exciting potential to turn student-built prototypes into sellable products. Tara also opens up about balancing all of this as a mom of four.This episode is a powerful look at what service, innovation, and community can build together.Manny Alfonso:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mannyalfonso8/Kiko Suarez:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/querikoconkiko/Eduardo Moya:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_moya/Follow Us! - A Day in Miami:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adayinmiami/Listen on Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/20WEys6jxiliBCLoo9iSID________________________Produced by: Ben SchwedeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/benthecreatorrr/0:00 Intro1:29 About Project Serve4:56 Tara’s Involvement in Military7:20 Partnerships with Universities8:22 Demographics and Veterans’ Excitement 10:21 Potential for Creating Sellable Products11:12 Looking to Help Emergency Responders13:15 Getting More Exposure 13:56 Success Stories16:09 Volunteering17:42 Funding and Donations18:35 National Design Competition22:31 Being a Mom of 4 Kids25:28 How to Get Involved27:51 Shoutouts29:24 Top 3 Restaurants32:38 How to Reach Project Serve33:30 Outro