Our Story
It was extraordinary how the idea of assisting low-income single parents to obtain a college education was born. In 2016, David German was in his thirty-sixth year of teaching; he was an active coach and active in his community.
While working at University City High School in the greater St. Louis area, Mr. German was conversing with an upset student. The student said her single mother worked two jobs, including the night shift, meaning the student was left to monitor herself at night. The student admitted that she wasn't always making the choices to prepare her to be the first in her family to attend college. At this point, Mr. German began wondering, "How many other students were in the same predicament?"
That's when he decided to become more engaged in serving the needs of the local community, specifically low-income single parents, and that's when the idea was born.
Mr. German had yet to learn where a conversation with an upset student living in a single-parent home would take him.
While working at University City High School in the greater St. Louis area, Mr. German was conversing with an upset student. The student said her single mother worked two jobs, including the night shift, meaning the student was left to monitor herself at night. The student admitted that she wasn't always making the choices to prepare her to be the first in her family to attend college. At this point, Mr. German began wondering, "How many other students were in the same predicament?"
That's when he decided to become more engaged in serving the needs of the local community, specifically low-income single parents, and that's when the idea was born.
Mr. German had yet to learn where a conversation with an upset student living in a single-parent home would take him.