“Success High School is privileged to have collaborated with LaunchPad. This Scholarship and mentoring opportunity grants our young men funds to begin their academic journey after graduating from high school. LaunchPad continues mentoring them as they complete their career training. They mentor them along the way and assist in their navigation through their post-secondary education. We are very inspired and appreciative of their work with our young men.”

“Working with LaunchPad were the best years of my career. Our dropout rate at Dobie Middle School was outrageous, and every student who was sent to David’s program successfully completed it and did not become a dropout statistic. He changed these students’ lives! He spent a lot of time and invested into those students that really needed it and probably would have never had another chance to be successful otherwise.” 

“LaunchPad is helping me pursue an education at Texas A&M University where I am majoring in Biology and will pursue a minor in Youth development psychology. In the future I would like to attend medical school to become a pediatrician.”

“Middle school was the first time I had seen drugs, violence, and gangs in person, yet somehow I felt comfort in all of this because I fit in well with all of the other kids who came from similar backgrounds where these types of things were common. At first I saw the LaunchPad afterschool program as only an incentive from the school to earn credits for absences, but soon I began to look forward to attending. The impactful speakers, individual attention from mentors, and witnessing the success stories of those who had faced similar situations planted a seed of hope. While it didn't solve my home issues, Launchpad equipped me with the tools to envision a different future. It was a true blessing in my life.”

"LaunchPad was designed to help students achieve personal empowerment and actualize any goals, not just those directly related to academics. Mr. David and his entire LaunchPad team worked tirelessly with students during their after-school meetings, and I know how deeply impacted our shared students were as a result.”