Driven 2 Educate

Sitting on a plane on his way to Oxford, Chris Rosson, traveling from a single-parent, low-income home in Kansas City, noticed a passenger in First Class reading a half-page article about him in the Kansas City Star. The contrast of this situation was not lost on Chris. And his life definitely makes for a good story: Being a first generation college student, he graduated summa cum laude from both William Jewell College (BA in Economics & Business Administration) and Johns Hopkins University (MA in International Economics & International Relations), completed honors credentials at Oxford University, and was named one of the top 20 college students in the nation as a member of USA Today’s All-Academic First Team (2006). Today, Chris serves as the Executive Director for Teach For America in Kansas City and proudly utilizes his diverse background and experiences to advocate on behalf of kids from his hometown. In a way, Chris led a dual life and blasted through all stereotypes attach