« What is the Best Way to Help a Friend With Cancer - Andrew Epstein »

In Chapter 19 of 19 in his 2011 Capture Your Flag interview with host Erik Michielsen, charter school executive Andrew Epstein shares advice on how to help a friend with cancer. When someone is sick, Andy makes sure to call or visit friends often. He underscores the importance of reaching out regularly through difficult times. Epstein learns this supporting his father-in-law through an extended illness. Epstein is currently Senior Director for Finance at Democracy Prep Public Schools in New York City. Previously, he was a finance executive at Universal Music Group's Island Def Jam Records and, previous to that, a schoolteacher in the Teach for America Corps program. He holds a BA from the University of Michigan and an MBA from Columbia Business School.