I grew up witnessing people from different backgrounds hustle, create, innovate and make a difference in the world around them but my biggest inspiration is my mother - her motto is “Mi casa es su casa.”I grew up in urban Phoenix and I faced culture shock when I attended high school in the Tempe suburbs. Since then I have been on a journey to help students and their families to break out of cycles of physical and spiritual poverty through faith and education. My husband, Peter, and I are pursuing a lifelong calling to realize a church plant vision to make eternal investments in the communities we grew up in. Depending on our dreams and ventures together, sometimes I am the Chief Cool Person and he is my Cool Aide or vice versa.———————————————-How to glow in the dark: spend time in the Light in order to be a light.———————————————-Favorite quotes:“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” — Albert Einstein