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Michael J. Carter
Founder, President, and CEO

Michael J. Carter

Michael Carter is revolutionizingthe socio-educational landscape by using technology to foster human connections in education spaces.

Michael founded UStrive for College from his freshman dorm room at Washington University in St. Louis. He created a pilot that matches college students with high school students at a local failing high school. The school’s rate of graduating seniors going onto a four-year college or university grew from 3% to 89%, and UStrive was born. In the early 2010s, Michael led UStrive in a transition from in-person mentoring to a completely virtual mentoring model.By 2019, over 1,000,000 students had opted in for a UStrive mentor.

Michael’s work with UStrive has been featured in Forbes, Fast Company, TIME, Education Week, and the Chronicle of Higher Education. He was named a 2011 Echoing Green Fellow, a 2012 Bluhm Helfand Social Innovation Fellow, a 2013 CNN Hero, Forbes 30 Under 30, and one of The Gentry Top 50 Philanthropists, a list which also included Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison.

Michael enjoys spending time with his family. He is based in Austin, Texas.

UStrive.org provides high school and college students with free online mentoring to help them get to college, graduate, and begin their careers.

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