Never Take No From Somebody Who Cannot

In Those Moments When Priorities Clash Always Stay Guided By Your Values, Not Your Perceived Necessities.

My Journey Began With A Single Pencil. While Traveling Through India In 2006, I Asked A Boy Begging On The Streets, 'if You Could Have Anything In The World, What Would You Want?' And He Answered Me With Two Words: 'a Pencil.' Luckily, I Had One In My Pocket, And In The Second It Took Me To Give It To Him, A Defining Dream Was Born.

I Looked Around And Acknowledged That What You See Around You Is Proof Of What Exists Within You.

Many Of Us Spend Our Entire Lives In The Same Bubble - We Surround Ourselves With People Who Share Our Opinions, Speak The Way We Speak, And Look The Way We Look. We Fear Leaving Those Familiar Surroundings, Which Is Natural, But Through Exploration Of The Unfamiliar We Stop Focusing On The Labels That Define What We Are And Discover Who We Are.

The Most Abundant Resources That We Possess Amongst The 1.5 Million Nonprofits In The United States Are Passion And Knowledge, Yet Our Most Scarce Resource Is Collaboration.