American Graduate Champions

Bachman Lake Together Family Center provides extensive child development services and parent engagement programming for low-income families.Director Jerry…

As a teenager, Jeanie Greenidge was homeless and hopeless – until a teacher saved her life.Today, she teaches at O’Banion Middle School in Garland, where…

Reggie Moss is a mentor to men of all ages, but mostly, to fathers struggling to raise their kids. He works at a faith-based nonprofit in Fort Worth with…

As a college student at the University of Missouri, Kam Phillips volunteered at a local Boys and Girls Club. There, she got a lesson in reality when she…

Sarah Matteson, who works at Texas Woman's University in Denton, helps “nontraditional” students get through college. Students range from homeless kids…

What happens when your school heads to the state championship for smart kids three years running? At Seagoville High School in the Dallas school district,…

Laura and Alex Laywell spend most of their days working with refugee kids in Dallas’ Vickery Meadow neighborhood. At night, they open their home to them.…