ScholarCHIPS: Curiosity with Social Entrepreneur Yasmine Arrington Brooks

“When [you] keep asking questions and seeking answers, eventually you may realize you’re an answer — you could potentially be the answer to a problem or a challenge.” ~ Yasmine Arrington Brooks

Yasmine Arrington Brooks was a teenager when she realized she could be the potential answer to a challenge. The child of incarcerated parents, with a passion for making things happen, she founded ScholarCHIPS and hasn’t looked back since.

ScholarCHIPS provides college scholarships, mentoring, mental health supports, and a peer support network to college-bound young adults who have incarcerated parents, inspiring them to complete their college education.

I’ve been a Yazzie fan for a long time and I wondered: what would she say about how curiosity contributes to the work of social entrepreneurship?

“I rarely take things at face value.” ~ Yasmine Arrington Brooks

Choose to be Curious is an independently-produced, weekly half-hour show all about curiosity. We talk about research and theory, but mostly it’s conversations about how curiosity shows up in work and life.

Choose to be Curious won the Alliance for Community Media’s Hometown Media Award for best information talk show series in 2021 and Arlington Magazine’s Editor’s Pick for best local podcast in 2020.