00:00 Cold Open — The Second-Grade Reading Day
00:57 Show Intro — Meet the Hosts & Mission
02:06 Guest Intro — Miss Nebraska Teen 2024, Jana Harris
03:01 Early School Years & Avoiding Reading/Spelling
05:10 The Pivotal Teacher Moment (and its impact)
07:09 Why Words Matter — Self-Talk After That Comment
10:02 Diagnosis Journey — Dyslexia + ADHD & Finding Support
12:35 Middle School Struggles — Social Studies & Specialized Tests
14:14 High School Pivot — IEP Support, STEM/AP, Two Campuses
18:19 Accommodations That Worked — Extra Time, Read-Aloud, Revisit Tests, Quiet Room
19:24 Tech That Helped — Audiobooks, OpenDyslexic, Grammarly, Dyslexico
21:35 Pageants & Platform — From First Try to State Title & Scholarship
26:00 Advocacy Mindset — “Not a Superpower,” Finding and Leveraging Strengths
28:14 What She’d Tell Her Younger Self
30:01 Advice to Parents — Foster Strengths, Keep Kids Engaged, Push the Limits
32:20 Parent Perspective & Wrap — Failing Forward, Thanks, Sponsors, and Final CTA
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