I was full-on ready to be a full-time artist. And then I was invited to be a teacher at a summer institute in Denver, through the Native American Youth Outreach Program. I think it was seeing those kids connect to our traditional arts — part of our cultural inheritance that they had little exposure to before. It was seeing kids connect to our indigenous ways that changed me.

The Heart of Teaching: Michael Houston on Community, Connection, and Change

Interview with Lyle Dandridge on role models and his educational journey.

Ashanti Branch wasn’t originally going to be a teacher. He studied Civil Engineering in college and went on to become a construction project manager. Goals changed, however, when Branch began tutoring struggling students.

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela.