Our latest EDU Café conversation featuring Dr. Denise Reading, founder and CEO of Future Plans, a nonprofit dedicated to ending poverty one person at a time by helping individuals discover their greatness and connect to meaningful career pathways.

In this powerful episode, we explore how grassroots collaboration, personalized career discovery, and community-driven solutions are transforming lives across rural communities and creating real, sustainable opportunity.

☕ In this episode, you’ll hear about:

• How career exposure and coaching can unlock hope and purpose
• The GRIT (Growing Rural Independence Together) Project and its impact
• Why listening to communities leads to better workforce and education solutions
• Multi-generational transformation through local partnerships
• The role of technology + human connection in scaling opportunity
• What it truly means to move from managing poverty to eradicating it

This is an inspiring, practical conversation for educators, workforce leaders, community partners, and anyone passionate about access, equity, and human potential.