Centering student voices
Education Chat
Listening to and acting on student insights is critical to advancing educational equity in the Inland Empire and beyond. In this podcast, GIA Intern Natalie Hinton engages in candid conversations with students throughout the region, cultivating meaningful discussions about lived experiences, successes, and opportunities for growth.

Listen Now
Recent Episodes
Education Chat: What is the Best Study Method?
About This Episode Season 5. Episode 3. Studying. Something that every student has to do at one point or another during their academic career. Many know that achieving good...
Education Chat: The Balancing Act of Student Athletes
About This Episode Season 4. Episode 10. Being a student is difficult enough, but what happens when you put a physical commitment on top of it? This is the reality that...
Education Chat: From Foster Care to College, Meet Hope
About This Episode Season 5. Episode 2. It is safe to say that Hope has “hope” for her future Just a few years ago, Hope was classified as one of the 370,000+ foster youth...
Education Chat: The Student Guide to Networking
About This Episode Season 4. Episode 9. What is networking, and why is it important for students? This question and more is answered in the ninth episode of Education Chat’s...
Education Chat: 2024 Recap
About This Episode Season 5. Episode 1. Education Chat is BACK for the podcast’s fifth season! To kick off the first episode of 2025, Education Chat host Natalie Hinton...
Education Chat: Learning Through Mentorship
About This Episode Season 4. Episode 8. School is underway, and hundreds of thousands of students are navigating higher education for the first time. It may seem daunting,...