I didn’t set out to become an “education disruptor.”

Like you, I became a teacher because I wanted to make a real difference in students’ lives.

I loved teaching. I still do.

But the system?

It slowly wore me down.

I was working 60+ hours a week, raising my son alone, driving through snowstorms for students who didn’t show up. I gave everything I had — and still felt like it was never enough.

I was exhausted. Underpaid. And quietly wondering…

“Is this it? Is this how it’s always going to be?”

One freezing morning, I drove through a snowstorm at 6am to meet a student.

They never came.

No call. No message. Nothing.

And in that silent moment, sitting in my car, I knew something had to change.