ROCK HILL, S.C. -- Travis Glasper wants to help young people avoid missteps when they look for financial aid for school or when they buy their first house.

The 25-year-old says he decided to do something more with his life after he was nearly killed in a car accident on Interstate 77.

That something more turned into a TV series that he hopes to sell. The series hopes to help 16- to 26-year-olds make wise decisions in areas such as housing, finance and college applications.

Using money he received in a settlement from the accident, a prototype for a 30-minute show he's calling "Here We Go" was filmed in Rock Hill last fall.

"It's too often that we have something on the front page that's negative," he said. "You have a lot of youth out here doing a lot of good stuff and it doesn't get the exposure that it deserves."

Glasper hired students from Winthrop University to participate in the prototype show. Theater majors Meagan Douglas and Darcy Golka star in the show and Douglas wrote the script.

Douglas plays a student tricked by a scholarship scam. Golka plays a reporter who tries to help her find a better way to get financial aid by interviewing people, such as U.S. Rep. John Spratt, D-S.C., and local school guidance counselors.

"It's actually my first film experience, so it's been really exciting and new," Golka said. "It's really exciting having something like this. ... You can turn to it and watch it and someone's there to help you."

Having young adults participate is what Glasper hopes will make the show different.

"That's the reason that this project is so unique," he said. "It's the fact that everyone gets the chance to live out their dream."

Glasper plans to send the show to South Carolina Educational Television and has gotten letters of endorsement from school officials and Spratt.

"They had done a good job of using humor, but it also had a serious nature to it," said Rock Hill School superintendent Lynn Moody. "It answered a lot of questions for students."

Moody thinks a series could be used in schools.

"They're messages that we talk a lot about at school, but I think the way they put it together with the humor and the characters and their address is going to make it all the more appealing for students to watch," she said.

For Glasper, the series is the culmination of a dream he had since the accident that still impairs his ability to walk.

"Every day, I feel it in my hip, so I'm constantly reminded," he said. "That's what makes me tick and move and that's what's pushing me to do something."