The first-ever Superhero Academy was in full swing. The campers, who created their own superhero names, like Crafty Brain and Blackout, were learning a real-life superpower: financial literacy.
There are the fictional superheroes, the ones we read about in comic books. Then there are the everyday superheroes. If Paul “Batman” Collins-Hackett gets his way, the campers, age 8 to 13, will achieve lifelong everyday superhero status.
He took over as the executive director of The RED Bookshelf five years ago, tasked with expanding the program…