Hey #Heartbreakers, Girl Scouts, & Girl Guides! Welcome to Season 1, Episode 4 of Smart As A Cookie: The Podcast, presented by USA Girl Scouts Overseas in partnership with Pop Singer/Songwriter Kristina Lachaga! During Season 1, we were joined by amazing Special Guests, including teenpreneurs, CEOs, and...Girl Scouts!

In our Season 1 Bonus Episode, we're meeting two Top Girl Scout Cookie Sellers (and ultra-amazing Girl Scouts!) and getting all their tips for rocking this Cookie Season! We can't wait for you to meet Mikayla Butler (National Top Girl Scout Cookie Seller) and Olivia Trader (Girl Scout Council Top Cookie Seller).

WATCH - How to Sell 30,535 Boxes of Girl Scout Cookies

During the 2020 Cookie Season, Mikayla Butler sold...get this: 23,535 boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. Yes, you read that right. And that makes her the 2020 Top Girl Scout Cookie Seller in the Nation. (Did I mention she did this *during* a Pandemic?? She's a total GOAL GETTER).

Mikayla was a Girl Scouts for 13 years and Girl Scouts changed her life as it let her pursue her passion of helping others and making the world a better place. Through Girl Scouts, Mikayla was able to accomplish goals and dreams she once thought were impossible, reach outside her comfort zone, and help her community. She says, "I wouldn't trade all of the memories I have in Girl Scouts for the world."

We loved having the chance to talk with Mikayla at Cookie Rally! She shared her top Cookie Selling tips to help YOU can sell 23,535 boxes of cookies (or whatever your epic goal is!) this season! Get out a pen and paper! Take notes!! You've got a Cookie expert ready to help!

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And...we're also introducing you to a Girl Scout celebrity!

Olivia Trader has been a Girl Scout for 10 years and has achieved both her Bronze and Silver awards! Through the Girl Scouts cookie program Olivia has been able to acquire many skills such as marketing, entrepreneurship, leadership, and how to run her own business. Olivia is featured on Girl Scouts' Tagalong box (so cool!) and she is sharing her selling tips with her sister Girl Scouts to inspire other girls to reach for the stars this Cookie Season!!

Find out how she became a total cookie star *and* her Girl Scout Council's Top Cookie Seller -- She holds her council's sales record of 7,000 boxes!

Make sure you check out their Episode for allll the Cookie Selling Tips!

About Smart As A Cookie: The Podcast

Welcome to Smart As A Cookie: The Podcast, presented by USA Girl Scouts Overseas in partnership with Pop Singer/Songwriter Kristina Lachaga! Through interviews with female special guests, Smart As A Cookie aims to teach entrepreneurship skills to tweens, teens, and beyond, while inspiring listeners to #FollowYourHeartsDream™ - Kristina's signature message. Hosted by Kristina Lachaga, Smart As A Cookie will feature noteworthy female Special Guests including Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Olympians, entrepreneurs & CEOs, business moguls, trailblazing changemakers, & more.

Watch/Listen to Smart As A Cookie: The Podcast on YouTube and Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and more!

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Meet Smart As A Cookie's Host: Kristina Lachaga

Rising pop singer/songwriter Kristina Lachaga, "The Girl With The Big Pink Heart™," has shared the stage with many artists on the scene, including Olivia Holt, Skylar Stecker, Bea Miller, Shawn Hook, and stars from Disney and Nickelodeon at concerts and events, including iHeartRadio & Girls' Life magazine's Shawn Mendes and One Direction Concert Pre-Parties. She made her television performance debut on CBS/WBTV performing her single "R.S.V.P." -- inspired by Simon and Schuster/Aladdin MIX's book series You're Invited -- in Charlotte, NC's Novant Health Thanksgiving Day Parade. Kristina, a former Girl Scout and Girl Scouts Lifetime Member, has loved headlining Girl Scout QuestFest 2018, 2019, & 2022 in Savannah, GA (and 2020 & 2021 virtually!) and USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Cookie Rallies & Girl Scout World Tour, as well as performing at G.I.R.L. 2017 (Girl Scouts of the USA's National Convention in Columbus, OH), Girl Scout Cookie Rallies and Expos. Kristina's original songs -- including her newest single "Love You More" -- are available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Deezer, Amazon Music, and more!

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P.S. Can't wait to see you when I host and perform at USA Girl Scouts Overseas' Cookie Rally 2024 on January 13th, 2024 - REGISTER HERE!

Always #FollowYourHeartsDream™!

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