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Pearland ISD podcast features alumnus Dustin Garrison on 2010 title, college career and shift to education
Summary
On a Pearland ISD episode of the Building Blocks podcast, alumnus Dustin Garrison recounted his journey from a Hurricane Katrina evacuee to a member of Pearland High School’s undefeated 2010 state championship team, a college running back with a 291-yard game, an ACL injury and a subsequent career in education writing curriculum.
Dustin Garrison, a Pearland High School alumnus and educator, told the Pearland ISD Building Blocks podcast that his path from evacuee after Hurricane Katrina to the school’s undefeated 2010 state championship team helped shape his later college and professional choices. "Patience has been my mantra since Katrina," Garrison said on the episode, adding that the lessons he learned in Pearland athletics and classrooms carried into his college career and his current work writing curriculum.
The episode, hosted by Superintendent Berger with Producer Mac, focused on Garrison’s athletic and educational journey and why he now works in curriculum and instruction. Garrison described growing up displaced by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, moving to Pearland, and finding a supportive community he credits with changing the trajectory of…
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