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How the JA Discovery Center is helping local students learn about finance and careers

Gainesville Middle School seventh-grader Emily Martinez and Dr. Hannah Reaune talk Monday, April 8, 2019, about their recent trip to the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center in Forsyth County. The Discovery Center allows middle school students from all over North Georgia learn financial literacy skills at an elaborate 25,000-square-foot facility on the campus of the Alliance Academy for Innovation. - photo by Scott Rogers

04132019 DISCOVERY 4.jpg — Gainesville Middle School seventh-grader Emily Martinez and Dr. Hannah Reaune talk Monday, April 8, 2019, about their recent trip to the new Junior Achievement Discovery Center in Forsyth County. The Discovery Center allows middle school students from all over North Georgia learn financial literacy skills at an elaborate 25,000-square-foot facility on the campus of the Alliance Academy for Innovation. - photo by Scott Rogers

Emily Martinez, a Gainesville Middle School student, is learning a lot about the real world even though she’s just a seventh-grader.