Gabrielle Kurlander is the Chief Executive Officer at the All Stars Project, an organization that works with youth from poor and underserved communities in partnership with caring adults, using the developmental power of performance and bridge-building to fulfill its purpose of “Transforming Lives and Building Community.'' Gabrielle shares how participants and contributors go beyond their environments, helping them to grow and “try on different versions of themselves,” leading to a worldview they otherwise wouldn’t have known. It is easy to see why this innovative nonprofit has grown from a “grassroots effort into a national model for engaging poverty through after-school development.” Get ready to be inspired!