Marva Nettles Collins born in Monroerville, Alabama she founded the Westside Preparatory School in Chicago in 1975 to educate the young children of Chicago's mean streets. Using her own pension funds from sixteen years teaching in public schools , she built a schoolroom in her home. Her motto is "Entrance to lean, exit to serve" Knowledge is power. Her motivation is educating the next generation for success and giving every child the education and equal opportunity to learn which came out of her disillusioned after teaching in the public school system for sixteen years, Collins decided to open a school that would welcome students who had been rejected by other schools and labeled disruptive and "unteachable." She had seen too many children pass through an ineffective school system in which they were given impersonal teachers who did not challenge their students to excel.
Let's celebrate Black women in American history who have done great and extrordinary things and be inspired and encouraged to do the same!
Peace, Love and Strength
T. Davis
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