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Estella’s Brilliant Bus, Estella Pyfrom

Estella Pyfrom was a guidance counselor in the Miami area and realized that many of the students didn’t have access to computers or technology — what she calls a “digital divide.” So, Pyfrom, 77,  took over $1 million of her husband’s and her own personal savings to hire contractors and designers to revamp and rewire a bus with 12 computer stations. Now Estella’s Brillant Bus travels to underserved communities where the children are able to use the computers and a specialized program she developed that helps the kids in reading, math, science and history Between the bus and her computer program, Pygrom has reached over 61,000 children. She says “it’s not just a bus, it’s a movement.”