How do you turn years in the classroom into a business that actually helps kids?

In this episode of How To Become A…, Grace talks with Ramita, a former middle-years teacher who founded Elevate, a curriculum and mentoring platform that supports pre-teens (especially girls) with resilience, confidence and social skills.

Ramita walks us through:

• Her original path (pre-med → genetics → a life-changing volunteer teaching stint)
• Why she loved teaching and why teacher burnout is real
• The moment she decided to build something outside school: designing an 8-week curriculum for tweens
• How Elevate launched in Singapore, then pivoted online during COVID to reach kids worldwide
• What the Elevate workshops and school programmes actually cover (resilience, social skills, transition support, online wellbeing)
• How she built the Elevate Festival, turning curriculum pillars into hands-on experiences for girls
• Business realities: juggling teaching + entrepreneurship, finding funding/customers, and dealing with feedback
• Practical advice for educators who want to start a venture: test ideas, lean on your network, iterate, and accept that “failure” teaches you the next move

Resources:

https://www.elevate-ra.com/

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