Sara Etzel is Director of Career & Technical Education for Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) and a national America Achieves Fellow. At MPS, Sara is leading an innovative team of educators in a systems-change effort to expand access to co-curricular STEM experiences, develop career exploration opportunities that align with Minnesota’s World’s Best Workforce legislation, and create experiential learning that better equips students to succeed in a wide range of disciplines. Her talk was part of the EDTalk on the role of career and technical education in the 21st century. This EDTalk was recorded in front of a live audience at Icehouse in Minneapolis on Jan 14, 2019, by Jeff Achen (https://www.callsign51.com/). EDTalks is presented by AchieveMpls and The Citizens League in partnership with Indigo Education and Pollen. Thanks to our generous sponsors, the Bush Foundation and the Verne C. Johnson Family Foundation. Learn more about EDTalks at https://www.achievempls.org/edtalks.