Our founder, Maura McLaughlin, has morphed the mission through fifteen years of answering the call – for herself, from the kids in the neighborhoods of the San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles, to the connective tissues of her travels, to her landing spot in Los Angeles Unified School District.

She has partnered with her co-founder, Paul Nassar (@nassarting) in the early days of this organization’s journey, when it was clear that mentoring was needed most.

Now, the needs of the students and our understanding of our purpose lives inside of breaking ground and showing how new ideas can make changes. This is why transformation is at the core of our work. Making places better than they were before we arrived.

We are governed by over 40 years of problem solving and design decisions through Maura and will continue using design, art and storytelling to grow our work.