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

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

Not only because of the capital, but because of the knowledge that comes by communing with the diverse group of people as opposed to everybody that thinks the exact same way that you might think.

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

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

The Yass Prize has empowered our youth, families and community by bringing great visibility to our efforts.

going against the common core and focusing on what we know is important for kids really works, and having a network of people now that also agree was super huge.

we have to find academic experiences that represent neuro-divergent learners, kids who want to learn about gaming, who want to do stuff online, who dropped out of school.

We believe very much that microschools should be bottoms up, they come from the community. They're founded by educators who know their community really well. And they want to design a learning environment for the kids in that community.

and I couldn't be more grateful for what it's done for us, and helping us serve more students and families.

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?