“Learning, in general, makes everybody’s life better”

“For me, I go, ‘ok, what else can I learn,’ do I want to learn tennis, do I want to learn to play the drums, do I want to learn a new sort of artform... Ultimately, I think, the thing our society needs to do is to help provide tools for people to explore and learn things”.

Steven Sloan

Disability Law Attorney

“As an illustrator and a painter, I really like being able to express my thoughts and feelings without using words...”

“Being able to communicate visually, not verbally, that’s my favorite thing about what I do...”

Jetti Lewis

Professional Illustrator

“How can I take 5 hours of video and compress it down to a single spot. How can I be more creative, How can I collaborate better with other people - learning and collaborating- that’s the number one thing I love about photography. ”

“...how can I be more effective, to be more outside of the box...”

Brian Eaves

Production / Photographer

“I had learning disabilities and I think somehow I knew intuitively that they were abilities - to put me on a different strategy - to learn how to figure something out”

“I was going to show them I was an intelligent guy. Verbally. By talking.”

Adam Seigal

Professional Artist

“I was good at math, in Nigeria. So they put me in an advanced math class here. But when you can’t understand 80% of the things your teacher is saying, it kind of makes it hard to follow along”

“It was a very big hurdle to overcome...”

Osayanmo Osarenkhoe

Founder: Gyst Audio

“I think, at the end of the day, I liked History and English so much because I like a good story...”

Kristina majored in Political Science and works now as a Baker. She uses her education as part of a pattern of volunteerism that promotes human rights and dignity through access to food.

Kristina Alto

Baker / Political Scientist