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In our latest podcast, Spirit of America Project Managers Terrell Chandler and Andy Duhon come together for a freeform, unscripted discussion. Topics include their beginnings in the military, memorable travel stories, collaboration on a project to change the game for struggling communities in Costa Rica and Panama, and much more.

From a small hobby farm in Colorado to the sands of Kuwait, Nick Glasgow, Spirit of America's Project Manager for East Africa, discusses how his upbringing led him through a career in the military and eventually to SoA's field team.

In Spirit of America's first podcast, Latin America Project Manager Nicholette Parrish describes her efforts to curb cocaine production through education within a struggling community in Colombia.

With over 90 percent of the cocaine in the United States estimated to have come from Colombia, the local governments are struggling to impede the cultivation of illicit crops, the production and trafficking of illegal drugs, and the impact of Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs).

These Illegal activities are conducted by armed groups such as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), criminal gangs (BACRIM) and terrorist support networks, who often recruit or kidnap local youth to aid in their illicit activity.