I’ve taught mathematics at the middle school, high school, community college, anduniversity levels for the past 42 years. What struck me at all levels of teaching was howthose who struggle with math have holes in their basic skills foundation. I became a math teacher at age 26 and absolutely loved discovering how to help a widerange of young people understand and appreciate mathematics. I began teaching at alarge middle school where the students were not  grouped by ability.  As a new teacher,I learned to focus on each student and how to individualize their instruction. I embracedteaching to mastery. I’m always eager to sit down and talk about how demanding,time-consuming, and wonderful it was to engage kids using an individualized instruction model.  My experiences have led me to set a goal for myself: to develop a program that uses 21st century technologies to effectively engage any student between 10 and 60 in the acquisition of a solid foundation of fundamental math skills. Why does this matter? Too many people are blocked from reaching their goals because they exit our schools lacking the proficiency in math to succeed at the next level; college, community college or trade school. Our Number DNA software is changing that paradigm. Our beta data is fantastic. To date 900 students have completed over one million problems getting 82 % correct.