Mr. Foster had grown up in an impoverished household where college was not part of any discussion of his future. One day during basketball practice Mr. Foster had overheard his coach talking about him and how he had the potential to play basketball in college. This was the spark that led to a fire in which he broke out of the cycle of poverty by working hard, attending college, and eventually ended with Mr. Foster graduating with multiple degrees, travelling the world, and inspiring kids with his occupation in the Orange County Public School system.
Mr. Foster is creating hope throughout his schools with his compelling stories. He is showing the children that even though many of them are in poverty it is in fact possible to break the cycle. Mr. Foster got up and made progress in his life. Through this, Mr. Foster has the capacity to invoke hope through the children he is in placed in charge. Mr. Foster’s action has the potential to spread to other people and inspire them to do service and make their communities