From Chem Class Accident To MasterClass Co-Founder
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From Chem Class Accident To MasterClass Co-Founder

This week , Liz is joined by Outlier.org Founder and MasterClass Co-Founder, Aaron Rasmussen to discuss how he discovered a passion for providing quality higher education. Aaron recalls learning coding as a 7-year-old and taking his first college-level course at age 11, how he overcame his PTSD from an early childhood accident through coding video games, the difficulty he encountered in finding celebrity teachers when founding MasterClass and how Outlier.org was created to make higher education more accessible for everyone. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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