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Teen Grad Saves $80K, Lands Job at Honeywell

12/21/2025

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Elena Talingo, a 19-year-old from Wisconsin, earned a bachelor's degree in Supply-Chain Management from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay six months after graduating from Preble High School in Green Bay.
She completed 132 college credits through the Rising Phoenix Program in high school, saving about $80,000 in tuition.
Talingo starts a full-time job with Honeywell Aerospace in Minneapolis and urges others to seize opportunities, ask questions, and view rejection as redirection.

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Story summary

Elena Talingo, a 19-year-old from Wisconsin, earned a bachelor's degree in Supply-Chain Management from University of Wisconsin-Green Bay six months after graduating from Preble High School in Green Bay.
She completed 132 college credits through the Rising Phoenix Program in high school, saving about $80,000 in tuition.
Talingo starts a full-time job with Honeywell Aerospace in Minneapolis and urges others to seize opportunities, ask questions, and view rejection as redirection.