Abby Williams: United to Learn
With her own school community experience at the forefront of her mind, in 2007, Abby and her husband, Todd, helped found the Uplift Williams Preparatory School, a K-12 free tuition public charter school operated by Uplift Education that educates 1,200 primarily low-income children in northwest Dallas. For many years Abby remained very actively involved with the school, serving on the Uplift Education Board of Trustees. She also participated in the Fellows Program of Leadership ISD and served on its Board of Directors. Through these experiences, Abby realized a desire to be more actively involved in creating opportunities for students like herself who attended public school. In 2013, her passion to assume a shared responsibility to take care of others led to the founding of United to Learn. Her vision was to help students grow, achieve and become purposeful leaders by transforming the relationship between schools and the community.