When making the video that eventually changed her life, Jaylynn Jarrell chose to film in a spot with a unique background.
A homework-covered wall.
“Engineering is in a staircase, you might say,” Jarrell said. “You have to take one step and then take another step. You have to use the prior step. I have pretty much all of the math that I’ve ever used in college. I taped it to my wall so I can always look at my wall to see how I derive this equation from that equation.”
Jarrell, an aerospace engineering student at Oklahoma City Community College, won $100,000 in the 2022 Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway at halftime of the Big Ten Championship game.