Ashanti Branch is a former teacher and the founder of the Ever Forward Club. Ashanti started Ever Forward in 2004 to provide support for African American and Latino males who were not achieving their full potential. Ever Forward has helped over 150 members graduate from high school, and 93 percent of those members have gone on to college, the military, or trade school. Ashanti is currently an education fellow at Stanford University’s d.school, and is working full-time on Ever Forward in order to grow and serve thousands of students.