Dr. Nadine Ebri: Long-Division Rap, Building an App, and Starting a Ripple Effect
Episode notes
Dr. Nadine Ebri, CEO of Ebri Education and a 2026 Presidential Leadership Scholar, joins the podcast to share how working with her daughter after an autism diagnosis led her to build an app called Free Indeed, designed to track development and give other parents tools to support their kids at home. Nadine also talks through her Presidential Leadership Scholars project, The Ripple Effect, which trains college students to bring AI literacy to older adults in their communities so no one gets left behind, and her journey from reluctant teacher to Duval County Teacher of the Year finalist, including the long division rap video with her students that went on to rack up over 20 million views. She also shares how she built and led a district-wide Minecraft Education lab focused on cybersecurity and AI.
0:00 – Intro & welcome
1:05 – Nadine's journey: from reluctant teacher to "how do you want to learn?"
6:23 – The leap from classroom to Minecraft Education and beyond
23:35 – How the Duval County Minecraft Lab got started
25:16 – Biggest takeaways from Minecraft Education
28:05 – Building "Free Indeed" with her daughter
32:42 – Becoming a Presidential Leadership Scholar
34:01 – The Ripple Effect: fighting AI scams and building literacy in older adults
45:39 – Lightning round
50:10 – This or that
51:06 – Where to find Nadine & closing thoughts