{"id":4576,"date":"2019-02-25T09:22:55","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T15:22:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4576"},"modified":"2019-02-26T13:27:46","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T19:27:46","slug":"holly-scott-gardner-catch-these-words-graduating-university-and-pursuing-the-career-she-wants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4576","title":{"rendered":"Holly Scott-Gardner: Catch These Words \u2013 Graduating University and pursuing the Career She Wants (transcript provided)"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4231\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4576-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=4592\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly Scott-Gardner is set to graduate University at the end of this semester and cross the pond to Colorado for Adjustment to Blindness Training. Holly is interested in pursuing a career in Teaching Blindness Training and her upcoming experience along with her volunteer experience at Enchanted Hills Camp,&nbsp;will give her a well-rounded set of tools to draw from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly has a passion for writing and is a blogger and Blindness advocate, voicing her concerns, experiences and opinions on the latest trends and happenings around the community.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being from England, Holly has enjoyed gaining knowledge and hands-on experiences by traveling and volunteering in the United States. With her guide dog retirement coming up, Holly is traveling to Colorado with her cane and embarking upon a training program at the Colorado Center for the Blind. Her summer of 2018 was spent volunteering at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa, California and this all seems like a great pathway towards her goals she has set before her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Holly in the Blind Abilities studio as she talks about her education, her ambitions and her pursuit of a career that she wants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow Holly on social media with 3 short words, Catch These Words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to check out her blog on the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catchthesewords.com\/\">www.CatchTheseWords.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=4592\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>&nbsp;on the App Store.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4233\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4576-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/HollySGFinal.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary: Holly Scott-Gardner is set to graduate University at the end of this semester and cross the pond to Colorado for Adjustment to Blindness Training. Holly is interested in pursuing a career in Teaching Blindness Training and her upcoming experience along with her volunteer experience at Enchanted Hills Camp,&nbsp;will give her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,373,263,514,512,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-career","category-college","category-transcribed","category-tvitoolbox","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1bO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6313,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6313","url_meta":{"origin":4576,"position":0},"title":"Ana Sikhashvili Shines a Light on her Student Exchange  Experience in the U.S. and Attending Minnesota Academy for the Blind and How She is Bringing it All Back Home to the Republic of Georgia","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"October 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Full Transcript Show Summary: Ana Sikhashvili spent a year in Minnesota attending the\u00a0Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (MSAB)through a student exchange program called, Future Leaders Exchange (FLEX). 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