{"id":39337,"date":"2025-04-02T11:40:34","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T15:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=39337"},"modified":"2025-05-01T23:17:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T03:17:28","slug":"kendall-campus-student-is-a-finalist-for-nprs-college-podcast-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/kendall-campus-student-is-a-finalist-for-nprs-college-podcast-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendall Campus Student Is A Finalist For NPR\u2019s College Podcast Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOh my God, what do I do?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thought dashed into Isabel Paz\u2019s mind as her school<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doral Academy<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was locked down in 2022 after an armed intruder entered the campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As she peered through the windows of her first-floor classroom, the slightly built high school junior saw cop cars flood the area.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI was shaking,\u201d she recalls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frantic, the teenager called her mom. There was no answer. So she left a voicemail.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident was eventually cleared without injuries, but the tense moment left an impression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two years later, Paz recreated that haunting voicemail for the opening of a podcast\u2014<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Faced with the Barrel of a Gun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014she produced for an English composition course in the spring of 2024.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late last month, the podcast was selected as a finalist for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/16\/nx-s1-5327461\/npr-college-podcast-challenge-2024-finalists\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">National Public Radio\u2019s College Podcast Challenge<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 19-year-old Honors College student at Kendall Campus is one of 10 finalists nationwide vying for the $5,000 prize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A winner will be announced this month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe listen to hundreds of entries every year,\u201d said Janet W. Lee, an NPR producer. \u201cThe moment I started listening, I was really impressed by the host&#8217;s decision to reenact the voicemail from the shooting.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz, a pre-nursing student, is competing against students from Ivy League schools such as Princeton University and Dartmouth College, and other academically-rich institutions like Stanford and Duke.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If she wins, Miami Dade College will celebrate back-to-back victories in the competition. Kendall Campus student <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/podcast-challenging-mental-health-stereotypes-honored-by-npr\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Michael Vargas Arango<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> won last year\u2019s contest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her journey to this moment has been shaped by personal challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When she was 13 years old, Paz was diagnosed with ventricular tachycardia, a condition that causes a fast heart rhythm and can lead to symptoms such as dizziness, fainting and shortness of breath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She spent weeks in the hospital. Despite the health scare, Paz was inspired by the nurses who cared for her and decided to pursue a career in nursing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, the sophomore has transformed from an anxious, unsure freshman to a campus leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since the fall of 2023, she has served as an illustrator and photographer for <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Reporter<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz is also vice president of Health Occupations Students of America, a student organization focused on developing healthcare skills, and treasurer of N.U.R.S.E., the pre-nursing club at Kendall Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, she is the program coordinator for Xplora, a club that allows students to teach STEM lessons virtually to children in Peru. In that role, Paz organized a service trip to Peru and raised $2,000 for the nonprofit FNE International.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLittle by little, without noticing, I started doing things that I was passionate about,\u201d Paz said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last summer, she participated in a graphic design study abroad program in Seoul, South Korea.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the fall, Paz founded <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/kendall-campus-launches-student-led-podcast-storybytes\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StoryBytes<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Kendall Campus\u2019 student-led podcast platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cShe&#8217;s able to do so much with very little resources or funding, and really motivates and inspires her staff,\u201d said Emily Sendin, an English professor at MDC and adviser to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StoryBytes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Beyond her podcasting success, Paz earned the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ptk.org\/scholarships\/hites-transfer-scholarship\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hites Transfer Scholarship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a $7,500 award recognizing academic achievement and community engagement, last month.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She is also a semifinalist for the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jkcf.org\/our-scholarships\/undergraduate-transfer-scholarship\/how-to-apply\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jack Kent Cooke<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, which provides up to $55,000 annually for tuition, books and living expenses to 60 students pursuing a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paz, who aspires to be a travel nurse, is expected to graduate this semester with an associate degree in pre-nursing. She hopes to transfer to the University of Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cA lot of the things I\u2019ve managed to do are because I was lucky to start on the right path and I was dedicated enough to stay on it,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To listen to Paz\u2019s podcast, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bdf9wr8r\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bdf9wr8r<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click<\/span><\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> here<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. 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