{"id":7843,"date":"2023-03-13T10:07:03","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=7843"},"modified":"2023-03-13T10:07:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T14:07:07","slug":"meet-founder-of-the-simple-vue-academy-and-spelman-graduate-nandi-edouard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=7843","title":{"rendered":"\u00a0Meet Founder of\u00a0The Simple Vue Academy\u00a0and Spelman graduate\u00a0Nandi Edouard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nandi-edouard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Nandi Edouard<\/strong><\/a>, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimplevueacademy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Simple Vue Academy<\/a>, and her team plan to bring a new kind of charter school to Cobb County by 2025. The Cobb County native and Spelman College (HBCU) graduate has received $20K in grants to open the first STREAM school in Cobb County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cAs a former Cobb County student, I never felt seen or acknowledged while going through school. Vue in French means \u2018to be seen\u2019 and so that\u2019s one reason why The Simple Vue Academy is named The Simple Vue Academy, along with the fact that entrepreneurship is one of the keys to economic mobility. The 74.8% of students of color in Cobb County\u00a0are not afforded this type of education in traditional public schools to reach prosperity for themselves or their families,\u201d said Edouard.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/h8Kl1XW2GounxNhSyvtywpdUCjY2Hj-FQkeg_7p487At7T0Yo1MhU0c3mg0DEDJx7yXvLw_pnmU0HsYeRczcRG1mYgFx-HlknCe5rmQ1tcxovZlKX3TSW-cftB3hEEncFNoFTuLieCodADb6QB6W6bY\" width=\"194\" height=\"291\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She recently hosted, A Night in Atlanta Gala Fundraiser on Saturday, March 11th, at the Russell Innovation Center for Entrepreneurs (RICE) in downtown Atlanta.\u00a0Her goal is to get closer to her $300,000 in funds.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7852\" width=\"551\" height=\"551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-465x465.jpg 465w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-280x280.jpg 280w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-182x182.jpg 182w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-153x153.jpg 153w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-239x239.jpg 239w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-75x75.jpg 75w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-340x340.jpg 340w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/GALA-Fundraiser.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 551px) 100vw, 551px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u2018A Night in Atlanta \u2019 will raise funds for a 2-week day camp designed to teach Metro Atlanta students STREAM (science, technology, reading, engineering, arts, and math) approaches, while giving them the opportunity to explore different concepts outside the traditional classroom like entrepreneurial mindset development. The silent auction offered hors d&#8217;oeuvres, live performances by viral singer JaaLa, and live art painting by Tre Wilkins. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Nandi Edouard on Social Media!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/authwall?trk=bf&amp;trkInfo=AQF5wrpuheG62wAAAYbbSRfwvhR1qc1zJcG2suMjQuVZvNaDpgJDZkbvuhBwpDb7O1DpGtr6HbqbxSNPg083cz_k1HbQO9yN87MWD-Po9ZVgljDuGRdyX2IZfdkjIZenRJAOYho=&amp;original_referer=&amp;sessionRedirect=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fnandi-edouard%2F\">LinkedIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesimplevueacademy.org\/\">Website<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nandi Edouard, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The Simple Vue Academy, and her team plan to bring a new kind of charter school&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1706],"tags":[2064,18,2066,2065],"class_list":["post-7843","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-cobb-county","tag-femi-magazine","tag-nandi-edouard","tag-schools"],"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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