025 | Helping SOAR Students Build Life Skills

In this episode of Trail Mix, host Carter Wingfield talks with Executive Director of College and Career Readiness Jay Taylor and Lead Instructors Mandy Thacker and Bridget Henderson about the Skills, Opportunity, Awareness and Readiness (SOAR) program at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College. The conversation explores how SOAR helps adults with intellectual disabilities develop academic, social, life and job skills while building confidence and greater independence. This episode also highlights student experiences through Beacon's Bistro, the annual SOAR Prom and the many ways students build connections, practice their skills and become more involved at Rowan-Cabarrus.