It has helped me raise the ceiling on what’s possible.

I'm in the process of going through the construction of a 20,000 square foot $11.5 million dollar building dedicated to career and technical education for the students in the Philadelphia region.

It's given us an opportunity to start critical discussions with our congregations, parents, community leaders and members, about the laws that govern education in Pennsylvania.

It’s thanks to organizations like the Yass Prize that our children are going to have a better tomorrow.

from all different demographics, all different states, all different service provider types that you can learn from.

It's actually mind blowing. I really see myself as an education entrepreneur, but this expanded me.

I don’t think I’ve been in a room as supportive as the Yass Prize Semifinalist room in Miami.

We don’t want you to rinse, wash, repeat. We want you to build and sustain.

including public recognition from our Governor and partnership conversations with other education innovators from around the country.

And through that, we were able to open up our second campus in the city of Wichita.

The funding is not following children. We're trying to make better options for kids, for poor kids, middle class kids. Wealthy people have this choice, they opt out of their systems easily, why shouldn't all children have that choice?