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MEET LUCY

Lessons from Lucy Yashoda, Our School Administrator

By FOREFRONT Charity

October 14^th, 2020

Draw your map.

Work derives from intrinsic motivation and personal meaning. Work inspires action to create change. Work creates opportunities to give gifts and generate growth. Work empowers your unique journey to your new destination.

Lucy Yashoda epitomizes this.

Lucy’s combination of thoughtfulness, empathy, and optimism is remarkable. She constantly smiles, thinks creatively, and is determined to make ideas a reality.

When we met, our team knew we wanted to work together. She felt the same and then we started.

With excitement all around, Lucy became a leader on our FOREFRONT School team.

Lucy’s experiences with our team teach us new lessons and reinforce ideas that define our work.

First, education is more than just a job; it's about investing in our youngest generation so they have the confidence and abilities to actualize a vision. Lucy’s community visits give families a platform to share their history, culture, and dreams for their children.

Next, a changemaker forms a vision and takes consistent action. Lucy’s 1-week faculty orientation and training imbue her teammates with a common purpose to make her team of one heart and mind. With this, they are focusing on relationships to facilitate student growth.

Last, give the fruits of your labor without expectations. Even with delayed openings due to COVID-19, Lucy creates rather than waits. She helps her newly hired teammates, Lead Teacher Divya and Associate Teacher Margaret, with excitement, understanding, and intentionality.

Lucy takes care so her work is for others.

Lucy spoke with members of our India team, and then our US education team. Each knew her purpose and heart were aligned with ours. She brings her giving nature, skills as an educator, and thirst for change to the FOREFRONT School.

With her work, Lucy continues actualizing the FOREFRONT mission. Lucy and other team members sent acceptance letters to students and created a curriculum that connects the lives of their children to opportunities as students. She approaches parents and students with openness to create actionable, community-oriented solutions such as new ways to celebrate local holidays.