What a year. Wow.

Our first students are finishing school and starting new lives. Nardith, a single mom, amazing nurse in Peru and Vittana student #15, graduated in July. Ngoan, the first in her Vietnamese family to attend school beyond the eighth grade and Vittana student #110, was...

This week, I attended Social Good Summit in New York. Mashable, 92Y and the United Nations Foundation hosted the summit to bring together world leaders, celebrities, and forward thinking, cause oriented individuals who believe, like I do, that technology and social networks can be...

I recently came across the following quote:

"All of us do not have equal talents, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talent."
-- John Fitzgerald Kennedy

President Kennedy's words stuck with me for a few days. Why? Because by leveling the educational playing...

About 10 months ago, a 22-year-old young man, Haward Alvarez Morales, appeared on Vittana.org. He was just one semester away from finishing law school in Nicaragua. Through a combination of scholarships, part-time jobs and help from his family, he'd been able to get this far. Now, however, his...

What if you knew in the 5th grade you'd never be able to afford college or do anything beyond high school? Would you sign up for all those extracurricular activities? Would you study for the SAT? Would you even go to class at all? Or would you just drop out...