<p>In this inspiring episode, co-hosts <strong>Marisol Perez</strong> and <strong>Meghan Cole Bailey</strong> talk with <strong>Bridget Flanigan</strong>, a longtime school social worker, counselor, and visionary founder behind <strong>Vantage Point High School</strong>, a proposed recovery high school for teens in the Fox Valley area.</p><p>Bridget shares her journey from a compassionate middle schooler who wanted to help her peers, to a veteran educator leading a movement for second chances. She opens up about how recovery schools offer both healing and education—creating spaces where students in recovery can rebuild their confidence, learn alongside peers on similar journeys, and prepare for brighter futures.</p><p>Their conversation highlights the urgent need for youth recovery programs in Illinois and how local collaboration and courage can turn an idea into action.</p><p><br></p><p></p>