Not all kids are going to hear the ubiquitous “What do you want to be when you grow up?” question the same way. Thirteen-year-old Logan LaPlante’s response to the query? He wants to be happy and healthy. To meet his simple-yet-lofty goal, he’s hacking his education—using truly unique experiences and community engagement to supplement his more traditional book learning.

Watch Logan explain how he’s going about his education differently in a talk from TEDx at the University of Nevada. He’s using the hacker mindset to innovate and change his personal educational process to focus on that big health and happiness how-to factor. (And it might just be working, because he is one eloquent barely-teenager!)