Twanna Monroe was born and raised in St. Petersburg, and as a teacher for Pinellas County Schools she quickly learned that many students within the community were consistently being underserved.
“The same children, when entering the public school system, were lacking some of the early childhood development skills necessary to thrive,” she noted.
After years of witnessing African American students struggling and often “slipping through the cracks,” she decided to take action to better prepare the children — and in 2010 Infinite Potential Learning Center was opened on the Southside of St. Pete…